reshuffle

/riˈʃəfəl/

Other forms: reshuffled; reshuffles

Definitions of reshuffle
  1. verb
    shuffle again
    “So as to prevent cheating, he was asked to reshuffle the cards”
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    type of:
    mix, ruffle, shuffle
    mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
  2. verb
    reorganize and assign posts to different people
    “The new Prime Minister reshuffled his cabinet”
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    type of:
    rearrange, rejigger
    put into a new order or arrangement
  3. noun
    shuffling again
    “the gambler demanded a reshuffle”
    synonyms: reshuffling
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    type of:
    make, shuffle, shuffling
    the act of mixing cards haphazardly
  4. noun
    a redistribution of something
    “there was a reshuffle of cabinet officers”
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    type of:
    reallocation, reallotment, reapportionment
    a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results)
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