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shimmying

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables
shim-my-ing
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of shimmy

noun

The motion of one who shimmies; a shimmy.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

shimmyings (plural)

Questions

What does shimmying mean?
present participle and gerund of shimmy

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