shimmy

Noun

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

• 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
    

Verb

• dance a shimmy

• tremble or shake
  • His voice wobbled with restrained emotion
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  chemise , shift , slip , teddy , wobble