shuffle
noun
1. the act of mixing cards haphazardly
Similar word(s): make, shuffling
Definition categories: act, reordering
2. walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
Similar word(s): shamble, shambling, shuffling
Definition categories: act, walk, walking
Sentences with shuffle as a noun:
- He made a real mess of the last shuffle.
- The sad young girl left with a tired shuffle.
- The gifts of nature are beyond all shame and shuffles. — L'Estrange.
verb
1. walk by dragging one's feet
- he shuffled out of the room
- We heard his feet shuffling down the hall
Similar word(s): scuffle, shamble
Definition categories: motion, walk
2. move about, move back and forth
- He shuffled his funds among different accounts in various countries so as to avoid the IRS
Definition categories: motion, shift, transfer
3. mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
- shuffle the cards
Definition categories: contact, manipulate
Sentences with shuffle as a verb:
- Don't forget to shuffle the cards.
- You shuffle, I'll deal.
- The data packets are shuffled before transmission.
- I'm going to shuffle all the songs in my playlist.
- I shuffled my feet in embarrassment.
- to shuffle money from hand to hand