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shimmy

verb as in shake

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My husband slipped out of his shorts and I was just shimmying out of mine when we heard voices.

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Like the kids, their leather is leaky, their arms are toast, their best hitter is their best pitcher, their silly celebrations are pure playground — shimmy shakes and sunflower seed showers.

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“Growing up, I always loved belly-dance belts. It has that shimmy, where I can dance a little bit.”

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Accompanied by his superstar partner, Rihanna, exhibiting her sizable baby bump, the rapper locked eyes with Lee and the two broke out into a spontaneous shimmy.

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I’m from Texas, so there’s like synergy, but I just wanted, like, a little bit of shimmy.

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

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