Shinny vs. Shimmy

Shinnyverb

To climb in an awkward manner.

Shinnynoun

(Canada) An informal game of pickup hockey played with minimal equipment: skates, sticks and a puck or ball.

Shinnynoun

(Canada) Street hockey.

Shinnynoun

Hockey.

Shinnyverb

climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

Shinny

Shinny (also shinney, pick-up hockey, pond hockey, or ) is an informal type of hockey played on ice. It is also used as another term for street hockey.

Shimmynoun

A dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately.

Shimmynoun

A dance that was popular in the 1920s.

Shimmynoun

An abnormal vibration, especially in the wheels of a vehicle.

Shimmynoun

(rare) A sleeveless chemise.

Shimmyverb

(dance) To perform a shimmy (dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately).

Shimmyverb

To climb something (e.g. a pole) gradually (e.g. using alternately one's arms then one's legs).

Shimmyverb

(intransitive) To vibrate abnormally, as a broken wheel.

Shimmyverb

To shake the body as if dancing the shimmy.

Shimmyverb

To move across a narrow ledge, either by hanging from it or by strafing on it along the wall.

Shimmynoun

A chemise.

Shimmynoun

an abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the fromt wheels);

Shimmynoun

a woman's sleeveless undergarment

Shimmynoun

lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips

Shimmyverb

tremble or shake;

Shimmyverb

dance a shimmy

Shimmy

A shimmy is a dance move in which the body is held still, except for the shoulders, which are quickly alternated back and forth. When the right shoulder goes back, the left one comes forward.