SHUFFLE


Meaning of SHUFFLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʃʌf(ə)l ]

( shuffles, shuffling, shuffled)

1.

If you shuffle somewhere, you walk there without lifting your feet properly off the ground.

Moira shuffled across the kitchen...

VERB : V prep / adv

Shuffle is also a noun.

She noticed her own proud walk had become a shuffle.

N-SING

2.

If you shuffle around , you move your feet about while standing or you move your bottom about while sitting, often because you feel uncomfortable or embarrassed.

He shuffles around in his chair...

He grinned and shuffled his feet.

VERB : V prep / adv , V n

3.

If you shuffle playing cards, you mix them up before you begin a game.

There are various ways of shuffling and dealing the cards.

VERB : V n

4.

If you shuffle things such as pieces of paper, you move them around so that they are in a different order.

The silence lengthened as Thorne unnecessarily shuffled some papers.

VERB : V n

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