1. moving with a rapid shaking or vibrating motion
2. climbing up or down something by gripping with arms and legs and moving in a wriggling motion
3. dancing with rapid shaking movements of the body

Examples

• The old washing machine was shimmying across the floor during the spin cycle.
• She was shimmying up the rope in gym class.
• The dancers were shimmying to the jazz music.
• The car started shimmying when we hit 60 mph.
• He was shimmying down the drainpipe to escape.
• The building was shimmying in the earthquake.