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shimmy

(n): an abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels)

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(n): an unsteady rocking motion

(n): a woman's sleeveless undergarment

(n): a garment worn under other garments

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

(n): dancing as part of a social occasion

(v): tremble or shake

(v): shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner

(v): dance a shimmy

(v): move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance

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13 minutes ago bilby said:

"Next morning the São Francisco did indeed embark on her last journey up the river she was named for, waddling and shimmying as her gaily painted paddles slapped the water."
- 'The São Francisco', Germaine Greer in The Madwoman's Underclothes.

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