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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sham•bles /ˈʃæmbəlz/USA pronunciation n. [countable* singular;
used with a singular verb;
usually: a/the + ~]- a place or condition of great disorder or chaos:Her desk is a shambles.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: shambles /ˈʃæmbəlz/ n (functioning as singular or plural)- a place of great disorder: the room was a shambles after the party
- a place where animals are brought to be slaughtered
- any place of slaughter or carnage
Etymology: 14th Century shamble table used by meat vendors, from Old English sceamel stool, from Late Latin scamellum a small bench, from Latin scamnum stool sham•ble2 /ˈʃæmbəl/USA pronunciation v., -bled, -bling, n. v. [no object] - to walk or move awkwardly;
shuffle.
n. [countable] - a shambling type of walk.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sham•ble1 (sham′bəl),USA pronunciation n. - shambles, (used with a sing. or pl. v.)
- a slaughterhouse.
- any place of carnage.
- any scene of destruction:to turn cities into shambles.
- any scene, place, or thing in disorder:Her desk is a shambles.
- British Termsa butcher's shop or stall.
- Late Latin scamellum, Latin scamillum, diminutive of Latin scamnum bench; compare German Schemel
- Middle English shamel, Old English sc(e)amel stool, table bef. 900
- to walk or go awkwardly;
shuffle.
n. - a shambling gait.
- perh. short for shamble-legs one that walks wide (i.e., as if straddling), reminiscent of the legs of a shamble1 (in earlier sense "butcher's table'') 1675–85
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: shamble /ˈʃæmbəl/ vb - (intransitive) to walk or move along in an awkward or unsteady way
n - an awkward or unsteady walk
Etymology: 17th Century: from shamble (adj) ungainly, perhaps from the phrase shamble legs legs resembling those of a meat vendor's table; see shamblesˈshambling adj , n |