shimmy

[US]/'ʃɪmɪ/
[UK]/'ʃɪmi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. mbinu ya kusafiri kwa kichwa
v. kushoka, kuchoka, au kushoka.
Word Forms
Present Participleshimmying
Past Participleshimmied
Past Tenseshimmied
Pluralshimmies
Third Person Singularshimmies

Example Sentences

The dancer performed a shimmy on stage.

Mchezaji alifanya shimmy kwenye maktaba.

She added a shimmy to her dance routine.

Alikaribia shimmy kwenye mchezo wa mchezo wake.

He tried to shimmy through the narrow gap.

Alikuwa anajaribu kufanya shimmy kwenye mchanga mrefu.

The car thief used a shimmy to break into the vehicle.

Mkambo wa gari alifanya shimmy ili kushika gari.

The old door needed a shimmy to open.

Pole ya mpira inahitaji shimmy ili kuvuka.

She gave her hips a little shimmy.

Alikuwa anategemea mizani yake kwa mchanga mrefu.

He could feel the car shimmy as it accelerated.

Alikuwa anategemea gari kwa mchanga mrefu wakati alikua kushughula.

The shimmy in the steering wheel indicated a problem with the alignment.

Mchanga mrefu kwenye mpira wa mpira ulionywa kuwa uchaguzi uliofungua.

The cat did a little shimmy before pouncing on its prey.

Paya alifanya mchanga mrefu kabla ya kushika mnyama yake.

She used a shimmy to adjust her position in the crowded room.

Alikuwa anategemea mchanga mrefu ili kushambulia mwenyewe kwenye ndege ya mpira.

Real-world Examples

He has that like little shoe shimmy that he does.

Alikuwa na shimmy ya pumzi ya kichwa ambayo alichangia.

Source: The private playlist of a celebrity.

They don't? Are you sure? - Stop shimmying. Stop.

Hawapende? Ukiwa sure? - Tua shimmy. Tua.

Source: Modern Family - Season 10

Hey, we're out of towels and those shimmy things.

Hey, sisi hawapende kichwa na vitu vya shimmy.

Source: The Vampire Diaries Season 1

" Give me your shimmy, Melanie, and I'll wad it around his head" .

"Tunze shimmy yako, Melanie, na nitaondoa kwenye kichwa chake".

Source: Gone with the Wind

I'll pre-disable the smoke detectors so you don't set it off when you shimmy out of those sensible wide-leg trousers.

Nitaondoa mifumo ya kuchuma kabla kwa ukuwa hauwezi kuchuma wakati unishimmy kutoka kwenye pumzi zilizosafiri.

Source: Modern Family - Season 08

Why are those lines broken, if not to make the paint pulse and flicker and shine and shimmy?

Kwa nini mipango haya yamepungua, kama si kwa kufanya mizani ya mizani, kusafiria, kushimea na kushimmy?

Source: BBC documentary "Civilization"

If I wiggled side to side, it would kind of shimmy around.

Kama nishimmy kwa mguu, hata kwa mguu hata kwa mguu, hata kwa mguu hata kwa mguu.

Source: Fresh air

Harry shimmied up a tall, thin little tree.

Harry alishimmy kwenye mti mchafu na mchafu.

Source: The heart is a lonely hunter.

I shimmied up the wheel and  popped the lid right off.

Nishimmy kwenye mizigo na nikaondoa kichwa kwa ujumla.

Source: Storyline Online English Stories

Have a little shimmy, a little boogie. Great. We're good to go.

Shimmy chini, boogie chini. Mipangi. Tunapenda kuanza.

Source: Engvid-Benjamin Course Collection

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