ʃəˈmiːz ʃɪft ˈʃɪ.mi ˈʃɪ.mi

ˈtɛdi ˈwɑbl̩ ˈwɒbl̩ lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips dance a shimmy tremble or shake His voice wobbled with restrained emotion a woman's sleeveless undergarment an abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels) he could feel the shimmy in the steering wheel