shimmy
French, noun\ʃi.mi\
shimmy is spelled S-H-I-M-M-Y (6 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 152,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Shimmy is a French masculine noun meaning “shimmy (1920s dance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Danse popularisée au cours des années 1920, à la fois comme danse de salon et comme danse de scène dans les…”.
What does shimmy mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshimmy (1920s dance)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Danse popularisée au cours des années 1920, à la fois comme danse de salon et comme danse de scène dans les revues musicales. 2. Oscillations régulières ressenties dans la direction d’un véhicule.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of shimmy
- shimmys plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce shimmy?
- \ʃi.mi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to shimmy
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is shimmy in French?
shimmy appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).