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Summary

French to English: more detail...

shimmy:
- Wiktionary:
  shimmy → shimmy
  shimmy → shimmy

English to French: more detail...

shimmy:
- Wiktionary:
  shimmy → shimmy, guidonnage
  shimmy → escalader, shimmy
- Synonyms for "shimmy":
  wobble
  chemise; shift; slip; teddy; undergarment; unmentionable
  social dancing
  wobble; vibrate
  dance; trip the light fantastic; trip the light fantastic toe

English

Detailed Translations for shimmy from English to French

shimmy:

Translation Matrix for shimmy:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	chemise; shift; slip; teddy
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	wobble

Synonyms for "shimmy":

wobble
chemise; shift; slip; teddy; undergarment; unmentionable
social dancing
wobble; vibrate
dance; trip the light fantastic; trip the light fantastic toe

Related Definitions for "shimmy":

lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips¹
a woman's sleeveless undergarment¹
an abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels)¹
- he could feel the shimmy in the steering wheel¹
dance a shimmy¹
tremble or shake¹

Wiktionary Translations for shimmy:

shimmy

noun

An abnormal vibration, especially in the wheels of a vehicle
- shimmy → shimmy

verb

To climb something (e.g. a pole) gradually
- shimmy → escalader
To shake the body as if dancing the shimmy
- shimmy → shimmy

shimmy

noun

moto|fr mouvements rapides et de forte amplitude du guidon.
- guidonnage → wobble; shimmy
(vieilli) danse popularisée au cours des années 1920, à la fois comme danse de salon et comme danse de scène dans les revues musicales.
- shimmy → shimmy

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