Shuffle
verb (used without object), shuffled, shuffling.
1.
to walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait.
2.
to scrape the feet over the floor in dancing.
3.
to move clumsily (usually followed by into):
to shuffle into one’s clothes.
4.
to act underhandedly or evasively with respect to a stated situation (often followed by in, into, or out of):
to shuffle out of one’s responsibilities.
5.
to intermix so as to change the relative positions of cards in a pack.
verb (used with object), shuffled, shuffling.
6.
to move (one’s feet) along the ground or floor without lifting them.
7.
to perform (a dance) with such movements.
8.
to move (an object or objects) this way and that.
9.
to put, thrust, or bring trickily, evasively, or haphazardly (usually followed by in, into, out, etc.):
to shuffle one’s way into favor.
10.
to mix (cards in a pack) so as to change the relative positions.
11.
to jumble together, mix, or interchange the positions of (objects).
noun
12.
a scraping movement; dragging gait.
13.
an evasive trick; evasion.
14.
an act or instance of shuffling.
15.
Cards.
a shuffling of cards in a pack.
the right or turn to shuffle preparatory to dealing:
You win the shuffle.
16.
a dance in which the feet are shuffled along the floor.
Verb phrases
17.
shuffle off,
to thrust aside; get rid of.
to move away by, or as if by, shuffling:
They shuffled off to school with little enthusiasm.
verb
1.
to walk or move (the feet) with a slow dragging motion
2.
to change the position of (something), esp quickly or in order to deceive others
3.
(transitive) to mix together in a careless manner: he shuffled the papers nervously
4.
to mix up (cards in a pack) to change their order
5.
(intransitive) to behave in an awkward, evasive, or underhand manner; equivocate
6.
when intr, often foll by into or out of. to move or cause to move clumsily: he shuffled out of the door
7.
(intransitive) to dance the shuffle
noun
8.
the act or an instance of shuffling
9.
a dance or dance step with short dragging movements of the feet
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