Usually means: Dancing with rapid shoulder shaking.
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  1. shimmying: Merriam-Webster
  2. shimmying: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. shimmying: Collins English Dictionary
  4. shimmying: Vocabulary.com
  5. shimmying: Wordnik
  6. shimmying: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. shimmying: Wiktionary
  8. shimmying: Dictionary.com
  9. shimmying: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. shimmying: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (shimmying)

▸ noun:  The motion of one who shimmies; a shimmy.

Similar:
wobble, slip, teddy, shift, chemise, shimmy shake, shaking, jiggling, shivvy, shogging, more...

Opposite:
staying still, standing still

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Similar:
wobble, slip, teddy, shift, chemise, shimmy shake, shaking, jiggling, shivvy, shogging, more...

Opposite:
staying still, standing still



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