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shuffle

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: shuffle

1
vn
walk by dragging one's feet
walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
2
vn
mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
the act of mixing cards haphazardly
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: shuffle
1

v walk by dragging one's feet

“he shuffled out of the room”
“We heard his feet shuffling down the hall”
Synonyms:
scuffle, shamble
Types:
drag, scuff
walk without lifting the feet
Type of:
walk
use one's feet to advance; advance by steps

v move about, move back and forth

“He shuffled his funds among different accounts in various countries so as to avoid the IRS”
Type of:
shift, transfer
move around

n walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet

Synonyms:
shamble, shambling, shuffling
Type of:
walk, walking
the act of traveling by foot
2

v mix so as to make a random order or arrangement

shuffle the cards”
Synonyms:
mix, ruffle
Types:
reshuffle
shuffle again
riffle
shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix
cut
divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
Type of:
manipulate
hold something in one's hands and move it

n the act of mixing cards haphazardly

Synonyms:
make, shuffling
Types:
reshuffle, reshuffling
shuffling again
riffle
shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners
Type of:
reordering
a rearrangement in a different order
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