shimmied

verb

past tense of shimmy
1
as in clambered

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2
as in waltzed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shimmied
  1. clambered
  2. bopped
  3. scrambled
  4. shuffled
  5. climbed
  6. pranced
  7. swarmed
  8. jived
Verb
  • The three, adrenaline pumping, clambered through the pancaked wreckage.
    — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • Cars honked their horns and cyclists pulled over to tune in as flags fluttered in the wind, fans clambered to see the screen, and people hugged and shouted.
    — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 17 June 2026
Definition of clambered
Verb
  • Ortiz bopped 208 in his first five seasons with the Red Sox.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • At 16, Avtan bopped around her bedroom in West Hills to the digital hardcore and gabber of acts like Lolita Storm.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026
Definition of bopped
Verb
  • Once it was passed in October, cities, homeowners, developers and even politicians scrambled to figure out the ramifications.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • But Riyad Mahrez’s goal scrambled that — and his daughter’s TikTok video.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026
Definition of scrambled
Verb
  • Sarah was sent to a mental hospital, and the boys were shuffled among family members, ending up with their penniless grandmother in Kentucky.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 3 July 2026
  • As soon as the game wrapped up, those guests shuffled out, and hours later were replaced by a rowdier group ordering shots at the bar, dancing to 2000s hits in front of the DJ booth and smoking vape pens on the outdoor patio.
    — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
Definition of shuffled
Verb
  • The cinematic denoument revived some measure of hope in a reeling nation, where the official casualty count announced Saturday climbed to 2,954 dead and 16,592 injured, with thousands remaining missing.
    — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • On July 1, Russian daredevils climbed to the tip of the building's spire before getting engaged, and then arrested.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Definition of climbed
Verb
  • Then Surge zipped through a tunnel and pranced around the ring.
    — Ross Mantle, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • Troy — who is a Pony of the Americas, according to his owners, the Beaulieu family — pranced around his yard upon exiting the hospital trailer, receiving pets and apples.
    — Madeline King, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Definition of pranced
Verb
  • When the decision on trans athletes was made the other day by the Supreme Court were the Justices swarmed by an angry mob and beheaded on the spot?
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
  • At the Castle Clinton National Monument, attendees swarmed for a flag raising ceremony which will be followed by an annual Independence Day parade.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Definition of swarmed
Verb
  • The high school musical romance Grease hand-jived its way into theaters during the summer of 1978.
    — Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
Definition of jived
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