shimmy

1. (dance) To perform a shimmy (dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately).Examples: "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."

2. (intransitive) To vibrate abnormally, as a broken wheel.Examples: "They came in among earth-moving machines, a total absence of trees, the usual hieratic geometry, and eventually, shimmying for the sand roads, down in a helix to a sculptured body of water named Lake Inverarity."intransitive

3. (intransitive, rare) To shake the body as if dancing the shimmy.intransitiverare

4. (intransitive, video games) To move across a narrow ledge, either by hanging from it or by strafing on it along the wall.Examples: "Jump up to the ledge on your right and shimmy around the corner."; "Climb on top of the room and drop down to shimmy along its back ledge."intransitive