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noun
1.
an American ragtime dance marked by shaking of the hips and shoulders.
2.
excessive wobbling in the front wheels of a motor vehicle.
3.
a chemise.
verb (used without object)
4.
to dance the shimmy.
5.
to shake, wobble, or vibrate.
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Origin:
1830–40, for def. 3; 1915–20 for def. 1; back formation and respelling of chemise, construed as a plural
1830–40, for def. 3; 1915–20 for def. 1; back formation and respelling of chemise, construed as a plural
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Word Origin & History
shimmy
"do a suggestive dance," 1918, perhaps via phrase shake the shimmy, possibly from shimmy (n.), a U.S. dialectal form of chemise (mistaken as a plural; cf. shammy) first recorded 1837; or related to shimmer via a
EXPAND notion of glistening light. Transf. sense of "vibration of a motor vehicle" is from 1925.
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