Shimmy vs Shitty - What's the difference?
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A dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately.
An abnormal vibration, especially in the wheels of a vehicle.
A dance that was popular in the 1920s.
(rare) A sleeveless chemise.
(dance) To perform a (dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately).
To climb something (e.g. a pole) gradually (e.g. using alternately one's arms then one's legs).
To vibrate abnormally, as a broken wheel.
(rare) To shake the body as if dancing the shimmy.
(vulgar, colloquial) Very bad; unpleasant; miserable; insignificant.
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(US, vulgar, slang, not comparable) Under the influence of illicit drugs or alcohol; drunk; high.
(British, Australia, NZ, vulgar, slang) Annoyed.
(vulgar) Covered in crap (faeces/feces).
As a noun shimmy
is a dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately.As a verb shimmy
is (dance) to perform a (dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately).As an adjective shitty is
(vulgar|colloquial) very bad; unpleasant; miserable; insignificant.shimmy
English
(wikipedia shimmy)Noun
(shimmies)Verb
- He shimmied up the flagpole.
- The static made her dress shimmy up her leg.
Synonyms
* (climb a pole) shinny, shin (qualifier)shitty
English
Adjective
(er)- The television I bought there was so shitty that I will never shop there again.
- I'm feeling shitty today; I don't want to go out.
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- It's a well-known fact that reading is about the shittiest thing you can do for your eyes.
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- The difference is they usually have a shittier singer, and no originality.
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- Halfway there we turned off the highway onto possibly the shittiest gravel road I have ever driven. In Canada, we would call it washboard; in Australia they call it corrugated, but you get the point.
- Don't get shitty at me!