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shimmy

verb as in shake

Strongest match

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He shimmied away from the only remaining defender, spotted Schmeichel off his line, and chipped him from the halfway line with a shot that defied belief and perhaps gravity itself.

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At this point, I have to shimmy forward; that’s how tight the space is now.

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“Well done, clever hens. Now turn, and shimmy, and shake your tails. Shake ’em all about!”

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The ostrich tipped its head from side to side, and gave a little shimmy with its broad, feathered tail.

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“Only the Deep Trekker could shimmy in there,” says Ryan Harris.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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