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shuffle

/ˈʃʌfəl/noun, verb2 syllables

Shuffle means: walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet.

Synonyms for shuffle8

noun, as in walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet

shamble, shambling, shuffling

noun, as in the act of mixing cards haphazardly

shuffling, make

verb, as in walk by dragging one's feet

scuffle, shamble

verb, as in mix so as to make a random order or arrangement

ruffle, mix

also used for shuffle

scuff

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What does shuffle mean?5

noun

1

walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet“from his shambling I assumed he was very old”

2

the act of mixing cards haphazardly

verb

1

walk by dragging one's feet“he shuffled out of the room”

2

mix so as to make a random order or arrangement“shuffle the cards”

3

move about, move back and forth“He shuffled his funds among different accounts in various countries so as to avoid the IRS”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with shuffle?1

two syllables

truffle
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Shuffle in a sentence

  • Do you want me to shuffle the cards?CK
  • Every shuffle of a card deck is unique in history of the universe.Eccles17
  • The cards were given a good shuffle before being dealt.sundown
  • I shuffled the cards and then dealt them.CK
  • Ziri shuffled through his bag and retrieved his knife.Amastan
  • The dealer shuffled the deck before each round.megamanenm
  • Mathematically speaking, every shuffle of a deck of cards is unique from the beginning of time.Eccles17
  • Whose turn is it to shuffle?rafaeldejesus8199

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of shuffle

as a noun

plural
shuffles

as a verb

past tense
shuffled
present participle
shuffling
third-person singular
shuffles
past participle
shuffled