shimmy
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels)
he could feel the shimmy in the steering wheel
Types & categories
- wobble hypernym
Sense 2 verb
tremble or shake
His voice wobbled with restrained emotion
Types & categories
- vibrate hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a woman's sleeveless undergarment
Types & categories
- undergarment hypernym
Parts & wholes
- shoulder strap part meronym
Sense 4 verb
dance a shimmy
Types & categories
- trip the light fantastic hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips
Types & categories
- social dancing hypernym
Related & opposite
- shimmy derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | wobble |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | vibrate |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | shoulder strap |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | undergarment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | shimmy |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | dancing |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | trip the light fantastic |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | shimmy |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | social dancing |