shimmied

verb

past tense of shimmy
1
as in clambered

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2
as in waltzed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shimmied
  1. clambered
  2. bopped
  3. scrambled
  4. shuffled
  5. climbed
  6. pranced
  7. swarmed
  8. jived
Verb
  • Readers will know, of course, that Joao Palhinha bundled in a late winner at Wolverhampton Wanderers, Spurs reduced the gap to two and then clambered over West Ham in the final weeks of the season.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • People have clambered into helicopters from roof terraces and been winched up from the mud left behind by the floodwater, videos posted by the Nepali Army show.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of clambered
Verb
  • Throughout the night, creatives grazed on light bites from Goop Kitchen—the teriyaki salmon hand rolls were a crowd favorite—and bopped to the tunes from DJ Mariko.
    — Paul Chi, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Ortiz bopped 208 in his first five seasons with the Red Sox.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 24 June 2026
Definition of bopped
Verb
  • Mahomes scrambled to his left and threw an awful interception in the opening half.
    — Sam McDowell October 25, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Willis converted two fourth downs on rushing attempts, then scrambled and embraced violent contact on a two-yard TD on third down in the waning seconds of the first half, punctuating a 15-play, 91-yard drive and putting Miami up 21-7 at the half.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of scrambled
Verb
  • Because Luke’s Diner was essentially a wooden frame without insulation—and the cast and crew constantly shuffled in and out the door—the December and January shoots on the backlot could be brutal.
    — Mara Reinstein, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Offensive line shuffled up Dykes said in earlier in the week that TCU looked at everything throughout the program during the 2-3 start and would make the necessary adjustments to try and turn things around.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of shuffled
Verb
  • The outbreak remains concentrated in Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa, where cases have climbed from 177 to 352.
    — Alex DeLuca, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The scouts said the object climbed quickly before appearing to disintegrate.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of climbed
Verb
  • As Darrell Royal, the old football coach at Texas once said … one of his players pranced into the end zone and started beating on his own chest.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
  • Then Surge zipped through a tunnel and pranced around the ring.
    — Ross Mantle, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Definition of pranced
Verb
  • Continue reading ⦠-- IN OTHER NEWS OUT OF BOUNDS â Enes Kanter Freedom swarmed by police officers while trying to enter WNBA Finals.
    — , FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Scores of residents were evacuated from their homes near the base as armed police officers and army bomb-disposal experts swarmed the rural area.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of swarmed
Verb
  • The high school musical romance Grease hand-jived its way into theaters during the summer of 1978.
    — Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
Definition of jived
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