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Main Entry: shimmy
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: shake

Synonyms:

dance, vibrate, wobble
Notes: you shimmy when you shake or vibrate; you shinny up a pole or rope
Main Entry: dance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: moving feet and body to music

Synonyms:

Charleston, bob, boogie, boogie down, bunny hop, caper, careen, cavort, conga, cut a rug, disco, flit, foot it, foxtrot, frolic, gambol, get down, hoof it, hop, hustle, jig, jitter, jitterbug, jive, jump, leap, one-step, prance, promenade, rhumba, rock, rock n' roll, samba, shimmy, skip, spin, step, strut, sway, swing, tango, tap, tread, trip, trip the light fantastic, twist, two-step, waltz, whirl
Main Entry: jiggle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bounce up and down

Synonyms:

agitate, bob, fidget, jerk, jig, jigger, jog, joggle, shake, shimmer, shimmy, twitch, vellicate, wiggle
Main Entry: shake
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: quiver, tremble

Synonyms:

agitate, brandish, bump, chatter, churn, commove, concuss, convulse, discompose, disquiet, disturb, dither, dodder, flap, flicker, flit, flitter, flourish, fluctuate, flutter, jar, jerk, jog, joggle, jolt, jounce, move, oscillate, palpitate, perturb, quail, quake, quaver, rattle, reel, rock, roil, ruffle, set in motion, shimmer, shimmy, shiver, shudder, stagger, stir up, succuss, sway, swing, totter, tremor, twitter, upset, vibrate, waggle, water, wave, whip, wobble
Main Entry: shimmer
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: glisten

Synonyms:

blaze, coruscate, dance, flare, flash, gleam, glint, glow, jiggle, phosphoresce, scintillate, shimmy, shine, sparkle, twinkle
Main Entry: shudder
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: shake, quiver

Synonyms:

convulse, dither, gyrate, jitter, quake, shimmy, shiver, tremble, tremor, twitter, wave

Antonyms:

steady
Main Entry: totter
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: move falteringly

Synonyms:

blunder, careen, dodder, falter, flounder, hesitate, lurch, quake, quiver, reel, rock, roll, seesaw, shake, shimmy, slide, slip, stagger, stammer, stumble, sway, teeter, topple, tremble, trip, walk unsteadily, waver, weave, wheel, wobble, zigzag
Main Entry: vibration
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: shaking, quivering

Synonyms:

beating, fluctuation, judder, oscillation, pulsation, pulse, quake, quiver, resonance, reverberation, shake, shimmy, throb, throbbing, trembling, tremor, vacillation, wave, wavering

Antonyms:

stillness
Main Entry: wag
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: wiggle back and forth

Synonyms:

beat, bob, fish-tail, flutter, lash, move side to side, nod, oscillate, quiver, rock, shake, shimmy, stir, sway, swing, switch, twitch, vibrate, waggle, wave
Main Entry: wiggle
Part of Speech: noun, verb
Definition: shake back and forth

Synonyms:

jerk, jiggle, shimmy, squirm, twist, twitch, wag, waggle, wave, worm, wriggle, writhe, zigzag
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