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Definition: (adjective) unenthusiastic, routine, or mechanical.
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shim·my  audio  (shm) KEY 

NOUN:
pl. shim·mies
  1. Abnormal vibration or wobbling, as of the wheels of an automobile.
  2. A dance popular in the 1920s, characterized by rapid shaking of the body.
  3. A chemise.
intr.v.
shim·mied, shim·my·ing, shim·mies
  1. To vibrate or wobble abnormally.
  2. To shake the body in or as if in dancing the shimmy.
ETYMOLOGY:
Perhaps from shimmy, alteration of chemise


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