American English pronunciation
How to pronounce shuffling
IPA transcription: ['ʃʌflɪŋ]
Pronunciation variants: ['ʃʌflɪŋ]['ʃʌ'fʊlɪŋ]
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Noun
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walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
“from his shambling I assumed he was very old”
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the act of mixing cards haphazardly
Verb
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walk by dragging one's feet
“he shuffled out of the room”
“We heard his feet shuffling down the hall”
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move about, move back and forth
“He shuffled his funds among different accounts in various countries so as to avoid the IRS”
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mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
“shuffle the cards”
Usage examples
- Peter's claws were worn down; he was outside the tunnel, shuffling sand away.
- After a period of reshuffling, Eastern Air Command's air operations began to show results.