Definition of Shimmies

1. Verb. (third-person singular of shimmy) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shimmies

1. shimmy [v] - See also: shimmy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shimmies

shimamushi disease
shime-waza
shimekomi
shimiyana
shimmed
shimmer
shimmered
shimmeriness
shimmering
shimmeringly
shimmers
shimmery
shimmey
shimmeys
shimmied
shimmies (current term)
shimming
shimmy
shimmy-shammy
shimmy on down
shimmying
shimpan
shimpan bucho
shimpan fukubucho
shims
shin
shin-splints
shin bone
shin guard

Literary usage of Shimmies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot by Chicago Commission on Race Relations (1922)
"An extract from one of the articles in a white paper is given: "Lni" A JOKE AS PEKIN shimmies DEFIANCE OF LAW LIQUOR, SIRENS, JAZZ, RACE RAINBOW RIOT IN ..."

2. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1892)
"It seems to me I 've heard the women folks at home talk about shimmies, but they were always kind o' private about it, so I don't think I can help you out. ..."

3. Continental Stagecraft by Kenneth Macgowan, Robert Edmond Jones (1922)
"After they have hopped and shaken their way uncertainly through two or three fox trots and shimmies, the great lights in the roof go out. ..."

4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1889)
"... she forced to have two shimmies, and so—well, I don' know, I never got it, and I don't know when I shall So I did my stone-picking as well as I could; ..."

5. The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot by Illinois Chicago Commission on Race Relations (1922)
"An extract from one of the articles in a white paper is given: "Lni" A JOKE AS PEKIN shimmies DEFIANCE OF LAW LIQUOR, SIRENS, JAZZ, RACE RAINBOW RIOT IN ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Shimmies on Dictionary.com!Search for Shimmies on Thesaurus.com!Search for Shimmies on Google!Search for Shimmies on Wikipedia!

Search