shimmy

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. an abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels)
- he could feel the shimmy in the steering wheel
• Hypernyms:
wobble
2. a woman's sleeveless undergarment
• Syn:
chemise, shift, slip, teddy
• Hypernyms:
undergarment, unmentionable
• Part Meronyms:
strap, shoulder strap
3. lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips
• Hypernyms:
social dancing

II - verb

1. tremble or shake (Freq. 1)
- His voice wobbled with restrained emotion
• Syn:
wobble
• Hypernyms:
vibrate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. dance a shimmy (Freq. 1)
• Topics:
dancing, dance, terpsichore, saltation
• Hypernyms:
dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Sam and Sue shimmy

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  chemise, shift, slip, teddy, wobble