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shamble

noun verb

Walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet

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Word Facts

Word length
7
Starts with
S
Ends with
E
Contains
HA
Scrabble score
14
CEFR level
C2

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈʃæmbl̩

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Definitions

noun

  1. Walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet

    “From his shambling I assumed he was very old”

verb

  1. Walk by dragging one's feet

    “He shuffled out of the room”

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Example Sentences

From his shambling I assumed he was very old
He shuffled out of the room
We heard his feet shuffling down the hall

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