v. 1 mix (up), intermix, disarrange, rearrange, interfile, intersperse, jumble, confuse; shift (about), mess up, turn topsy-turvy, scatter, disorganize I shall cut the cards after you have shuffled them Osbert shuffled the papers on his desk. 2 scuff or drag (one's feet), scrape along, shamble The boy shuffled into the headmaster's office, guilt written all over his face 3 equivocate, hem and haw, bumble, shift, cavil, fence, be evasive or shifty, dodge, niggle, split hairs, quibble, prevaricate, Brit hum and haw, Colloq waffle The suspect shuffled when asked the names of his accomplices
n. 4 shamble, shambling, scuffling, scraping Whenever he was lying, he did a funny little shuffle with his feet 5 sidestep, evasion, subterfuge, trick, dodge, shift, prevarication, quibble, shuffling: Tell me what you've done with the money - and no shuffle!