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[ shuhf-ling ] / ˈʃʌf lɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR shuffling ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivemoving in a dragging or clumsy manner. prevaricating; evasive. Origin of shufflingFirst recorded in 1570–80; shuffle + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM shufflingshuf·fling·ly, adverbWords nearby shufflingshuffle, shuffleboard, shuffle off, shuffle play, shuffler, shuffling, shufty, Shufu, shuggy, Shuha, Shu Han Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for shufflingThen, shuffling, she surreptitiously grabs the one he chose with her mouth while pretending to cut the deck. Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction|Abby Haglage|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST In Singapore, I was a Brady at last, shuffling alongside an endless stream of siblings. I Can’t Shake Hawaii: An Ode to Returning to Places You’ve Been Before|Debra A. Klein|October 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST Shuffling around the ring he has the footwork of a tyrannosaurus. Vitali Klitschko Contemplates Bowing Out of the Ring and Entering Ukrainian Politics|Gordon Marino|March 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST Before the curtain rose, the playwright sheepishly greeted his fans at the door, wearing a baseball cap and shuffling his feet. Max Friedlich, Teenage Playwright, Dazzles With Controversial ‘SleepOver’|Ramin Setoodeh|August 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
King Abdullah reached for a familiar face in shuffling his foreign-intelligence service, naming Prince Bandar as chief. The Return of Prince Bandar: Saudi’s New Spy Chief|Bruce Riedel|July 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST They were still studying it when Locke heard a strange noise, as of shuffling feet, in the hallway. The Master Mystery|Arthur B. Reeve and John W. Grey Scurlock abominated all that shuffling, chattering tangle of dark, half-clad life. Cursed|George Allan England A grating, shuffling sound now came from the mouth of the tunnel. The Snow-Burner|Henry Oyen M. Collot had reason and honour on his side; but there was nothing but shuffling on the other. Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete|Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne There was no shuffling, no disguise, no timidity in his language. The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume I.(of III) 1555-66|John Lothrop Motley
Words related to shufflingdrag, straggle, limp, stumble, scuff, scuffle, scrape, muddle, trail, pad, shamble, disorder, disturb, confuse, shift, disarray, disorganize, discompose, intermix, change |