Definitions
1.verbTo perform a shimmy (dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately).
2.verbTo climb something (e.g. a pole) gradually (e.g. using alternately one's arms then one's legs)."He shimmied up the flagpole."
3.verbTo vibrate abnormally, as a broken wheel.
4.verbTo shake the body as if dancing the shimmy.
5.verbTo move across a narrow ledge, either by hanging from it or by strafing on it along the wall.