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shuffle verb (shuffled, shuffling) 1 tr & intr to move or drag (one's feet) with short quick sliding steps; to walk in this fashion. 2 intrans to shamble or walk awkwardly. 3 to rearrange or mix up roughly or carelessly • shuffle papers. 4 tr & intr to jumble up (playing cards) randomly. 5 (usually shuffle out, in, off, etc) to put surreptitiously, evasively, scramblingly or in confusion. 6 to manipulate unfairly and deceptively. noun 1 an act or sound of shuffling. 2 a short quick sliding of the feet in dancing. shuffler noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c: from German schuffeln.
shuffle something off to throw or thrust it aside; to wriggle out of it • shuffle off problems. |
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