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— English words —

• shimmy n. A dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately.
• shimmy n. A dance that was popular in the 1920s.
• shimmy n. An abnormal vibration, especially in the wheels of a vehicle.
• shimmy n. (Rare) A sleeveless chemise.
• shimmy v. (Dance) To perform a shimmy (dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately).
• shimmy v. To climb something (e.g. a pole) gradually (e.g. using alternately one’s arms then one’s legs).
• shimmy v. (Intransitive) To vibrate abnormally, as a broken wheel.
• shimmy v. (Intransitive, rare) To shake the body as if dancing the shimmy.
• shimmy v. (Intransitive, video games) To move across a narrow ledge, either by hanging from it or by strafing…

— English words, defined in French —

• shimmy n. (Vieilli) (Danse) Shimmy, danse popularisée au cours des années 1920.
• shimmy n. (Mécanique) Shimmy, oscillations régulières ressenties dans la direction d’un véhicule.
• shimmy n. Mouvement caractéristique du ventre durant la danse du ventre. Par extension, la danse elle même.
• shimmy n. Chemisette.
• shimmy v. Vibrer anormalement en parlant d’une roue d’un véhicule.

— In Dutch —

• shimmy n. (Dans) societydans waarbij het lichaam schokt.
• shimmy n. (Techniek) een snelle oscillatie van het stuurbare wiel van een voertuig.
• shimmy w. Eerste persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van shimmyen.
• shimmy w. Gebiedende wijs van shimmyen.
• shimmy w. (Bij inversie) tweede persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van shimmyen.

— In French —

• shimmy n.m. (Vieilli) (Danse) Danse popularisée au cours des années…
• shimmy n.m. (Mécanique) Oscillations régulières ressenties dans la…

— In Italian —

• shimmy s. Ballo affine al fox-trot ma con ritmo più incalzante.

54 English words from 9 English definitions

abnormal abnormally across alternately and arms as␣if back back␣and␣forth body broken chemise climb dance dancing either especially forth from games gradually hanging Intransitive involving ledge legs move movement narrow of␣a one perform pole popular rare shake shimmy shoulders sleeveless something strafing that the then thrusting using vehicle vibrate vibration video video␣games was wheel wheels

18 English words from 13 foreign definitions

affine Chemisette con cours dans des direction durant een extension fox fox␣trot het oscillations Par Shimmy trot van

47 foreign words from 13 foreign definitions

années anormalement Ballo Bij caractéristique danse danse␣du␣ventre Eerste Eerste␣persoon elle enkelvoud fox-trot Gebiedende Gebiedende␣wijs incalzante inversie lichaam Mécanique même Mouvement oscillatie Par␣extension parlant persoon più popularisée régulières ressenties ritmo roue schokt shimmyen snelle Techniek tegenwoordige␣tijd tijd tweede tweede␣persoon une véhicule ventre Vibrer Vieilli voertuig waarbij wiel wijs

3 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

shimmying shimmy␣on␣down shimmy-shammy

11 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

him Him H.I.M. Imm immy Immy shi Shi shim Shim SHIM

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

IHS MMI

2 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

mythism shimmey

3 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

HIMYM Mihms mimsy

6 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

shammy shemmy skimmy stimmy swimmy whimmy

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

shimmey

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