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▸ noun: A dance that was popular in the 1920s.
▸ noun: An abnormal vibration, especially in the wheels of a vehicle.
▸ noun: (rare) A sleeveless chemise.
▸ verb: (dance) To perform a shimmy (dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately).
▸ verb: To climb something (e.g. a pole) gradually (e.g. using alternately one's arms then one's legs).
▸ verb: (intransitive) To vibrate abnormally, as a broken wheel.
▸ verb: (intransitive, rare) To shake the body as if dancing the shimmy.
▸ verb: (intransitive, video games) To move across a narrow ledge, either by hanging from it or by strafing on it along the wall.
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