Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to shimmy
Participle: shimmied
Gerund: shimmying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | shimmy |
| you | shimmy |
| he;she;it | shimmies |
| we | shimmy |
| you | shimmy |
| they | shimmy |
Perfect
| I | have shimmied |
| you | have shimmied |
| he;she;it | has shimmied |
| we | have shimmied |
| you | have shimmied |
| they | have shimmied |
Past
| I | shimmied |
| you | shimmied |
| he;she;it | shimmied |
| we | shimmied |
| you | shimmied |
| they | shimmied |
Pluperfect
| I | had shimmied |
| you | had shimmied |
| he;she;it | had shimmied |
| we | had shimmied |
| you | had shimmied |
| they | had shimmied |
Future
| I | will shimmy |
| you | will shimmy |
| he;she;it | will shimmy |
| we | will shimmy |
| you | will shimmy |
| they | will shimmy |
Future Perfect
| I | will have shimmied |
| you | will have shimmied |
| he;she;it | will have shimmied |
| we | will have shimmied |
| you | will have shimmied |
| they | will have shimmied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | shimmy |
| you | shimmy |
| he;she;it | shimmy |
| we | shimmy |
| you | shimmy |
| they | shimmy |
Perfect
| I | have shimmied |
| you | have shimmied |
| he;she;it | have shimmied |
| we | have shimmied |
| you | have shimmied |
| they | have shimmied |
Imperfect
| I | shimmied |
| you | shimmied |
| he;she;it | shimmied |
| we | shimmied |
| you | shimmied |
| they | shimmied |
Pluperfect
| I | had shimmied |
| you | had shimmied |
| he;she;it | had shimmied |
| we | had shimmied |
| you | had shimmied |
| they | had shimmied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would shimmy |
| you | would shimmy |
| he;she;it | would shimmy |
| we | would shimmy |
| you | would shimmy |
| they | would shimmy |
Perfect
| I | would have shimmied |
| you | would have shimmied |
| he;she;it | would have shimmied |
| we | would have shimmied |
| you | would have shimmied |
| they | would have shimmied |
Imperative
| you | shimmy |
| we | Let's shimmy |
| you | shimmy |
Verbs conjugated like 'shimmy'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'shimmy'
shammy,
chammy,
jimmy,
sammy,
shamoy,
shim,
shimmer,
shinny,
shivvy,
stimy,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
A back-formation from chemise (mistaken for a plural).
Sample Sentences
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She wondered would he think her awful, and try to get fresh if she shimmied. Fellows often did. But he was so cute. And a girl had to something about that, and if she didn't shimmy, she might do something worse. [1934, James T. Farrell, chapter 13, in The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan:]
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He shimmied up the flagpole.
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The static made her dress shimmy up her leg.
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They came in among earth-moving machines, a total absence of trees, the usual hieratic geometry, and eventually, shimmying for the sand roads, down in a helix to a sculptured body of water named Lake Inverarity. [1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 37:]
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Jump up to the ledge on your right and shimmy around the corner. [2009, Allison Schubert, Lunabean.com's Videogame Guides of 2008: Adventure 3-Pack:]
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Climb on top of the room and drop down to shimmy along its back ledge. [1999, Prima Development, The Big PlayStation Book:]