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shuffle

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
HUFFL
Scrabble score
16
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈʃʌfəl

Meaning

Definitions

noun

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

    “from his shambling I assumed he was very old”

noun

  1. the act of mixing cards haphazardly

verb

  1. mix so as to make a random order or arrangement

    “shuffle the cards”

verb

  1. walk by dragging one's feet

    “he shuffled out of the room”

verb

  1. move about, move back and forth

    “He shuffled his funds among different accounts in various countries so as to avoid the IRS”

In context

Example Sentences

from his shambling I assumed he was very old
shuffle the cards
he shuffled out of the room
We heard his feet shuffling down the hall
He shuffled his funds among different accounts in various countries so as to avoid the IRS

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