shuffleverb
uk/ˈʃʌf.əl/us/ˈʃʌf.əl/shuffle verb (WALK)
[ I + adv/prep, T ] to walk by pulling your feet slowly along the ground rather than lifting them:
[ I usually + adv/prep, T ] to move your feet or bottom around, while staying in the same place, especially because you are uncomfortable, nervous, or embarrassed:
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Moving unsteadily or with difficulty
- blunder
- bumble
- doddery
- falter
- galumphing
- limp
- lollop
- lumber
- lurch
- reel
- schlep
- shamble
- squeeze
- stumble
- toddle
- toil
- totter
- trip (sb) up
- tumble
- waddle
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shuffle verb (MOVE AROUND)
[ T ] to move similar things from one position or place to another, often to give an appearance of activity when nothing useful is being done:
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Transferring and transporting objects
- bearer
- borne
- bring
- budge
- bus
- call for sb
- drop
- ferry
- freight
- pick sb/sth up
- put sb down somewhere
- road haulage
- route
- spirit
- tear 1
- tear sb away
- tote
- transfer
- transport
- transportation
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shuffle verb (MIX CARDS)
[ I or T ] to mix a set of playing cards without seeing their values before beginning a game, so that their order is not known to any of the players:
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Card games
- bridge
- canasta
- card sharp
- deal
- dealer
- diamond
- discard
- flush
- grand slam
- jack
- joker
- pass
- pool
- royal flush
- rummy
- singleton
- snap
- solitaire
- strip poker
- suit
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Phrasal verb(s)
shufflenoun
uk/ˈʃʌf.əl/us/ˈʃʌf.əl/shuffle noun (MOVE AROUND)
[ C ] the act of moving things around from one position to another:
[ C ] mainly US UK usually reshuffle an occasion when the positions of people or things within a particular group are changed :
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Transferring and transporting objects
- bearer
- borne
- bring
- budge
- bus
- call for sb
- drop
- ferry
- freight
- pick sb/sth up
- put sb down somewhere
- road haulage
- route
- spirit
- tear 1
- tear sb away
- tote
- transfer
- transport
- transportation
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shuffle noun (CARDS)
[ C ] the act of mixing a set of playing cards before giving them out:
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Card games
- bridge
- canasta
- card sharp
- deal
- dealer
- diamond
- discard
- flush
- grand slam
- jack
- joker
- pass
- pool
- royal flush
- rummy
- singleton
- snap
- solitaire
- strip poker
- suit
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shuffle noun (MUSIC)
[ U ] a feature of an MP3 player, mobile phone, etc. that plays songs in a random order:
shuffle noun (WALK)
[ S ] a way of walking in which you pull your feet slowly along the ground rather than lifting them:
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Moving unsteadily or with difficulty
- blunder
- bumble
- doddery
- falter
- galumphing
- limp
- lollop
- lumber
- lurch
- reel
- schlep
- shamble
- squeeze
- stumble
- toddle
- toil
- totter
- trip (sb) up
- tumble
- waddle
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