What part of speech is shimmy?

Shimmy can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. shimmy is a verb, present, 1st person singular of shimmy (infinitive).
  • 2. shimmy is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. shimmy is a noun, singular of shimmies.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does shimmy mean?

Definitions

Verb

shimmy - dance a shimmy
shimmy - tremble or shake; "His voice wobbled with restrained emotion"

Noun

shimmy - lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips
shimmy - an abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels); "he could feel the shimmy in the steering wheel"
shimmy - a woman's sleeveless undergarment

Examples of shimmy

#   Sentence  
1. noun He could feel the shimmy in the steering wheel.
2. verb The prelude to summer rain is always the same: dark clouds, a warm, humid wind, an open window and curtains which begin to shimmy in the breeze.
Sentence  
noun
He could feel the shimmy in the steering wheel.
verb
The prelude to summer rain is always the same: dark clouds, a warm, humid wind, an open window and curtains which begin to shimmy in the breeze.

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