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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: shimmy type of dance (1900-2000), perhaps from shimmy 'simple dress or piece of women's underwear' (19-20 centuries), from chemise

shimmy

 verb
     
shim‧my past tense and past participle shimmied, present participle shimmying, third person singular shimmies [intransitive]
to move forwards or backwards while also quickly moving slightly from side to side
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