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Word entry · 6 letters

shimmy

Best crossword clue

"Shoulder dance"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈʃɪ.mi/Part of speech noun, verbSorted himmsyStarts with SEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips

Word origin

A back-formation from chemise (mistaken for a plural).

Used in a sentence

  • “The tango, the Texas Tommy, Walking the Dog, the one step, the fox trot, the shimmy, and all their out-growths, had their origin in the palaces of lust on the Barbary Coast of San Francisco.”
  • “She wondered would he think her awful, and try to get fresh if she shimmied. Fellows often did. But he was so cute. And a girl had to something about that, and if she didn't shimmy, she might do something worse.”
  • “He shimmied up the flagpole.”

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