shambleverb [ I + adv/prep ]
uk/ˈʃæm.bəl/us/ˈʃæm.bəl/to walk slowly and awkwardly, without lifting your feet correctly:
Sick patients shambled along the hospital corridors.
He was a strange, shambling figure.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Moving unsteadily or with difficulty
- blunder
- bumble
- doddery
- falter
- galumphing
- limp
- lollop
- lumber
- lurch
- reel
- schlep
- shuffle
- slog
- squeeze
- stagger
- stumble
- toil
- totter
- trip (sb) up
- waddle
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