shimmy
VERBNOUN
/ʃɪmi/
6 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH S
shimmy is a valid 6-letter word worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1H4I1M3M3Y4
1 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 4 =16 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 32TRIPLE WORD → 48
MEANING
What does shimmy mean?
VERB · 2 SENSES
1
Tremble or shake.
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2
Dance a shimmy.
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NOUN · 3 SENSES
1
A woman's sleeveless undergarment.
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2
An abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels).
“he could feel the shimmy in the steering wheel”
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3
Lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips.
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