I. ˈshə-fəl verb
( shuf·fled ; shuf·fling -f(ə-)liŋ)
Etymology: perhaps irregular from shove (I)
Date: 1570
transitive verb
1. : to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble
2. : to put or thrust aside or under cover
shuffled the whole matter out of his mind
3.
a. : to rearrange (as playing cards, dominoes, or tiles) to produce a random order
b. : to move about, back and forth, or from one place to another : shift
shuffle funds among various accounts
4.
a. : to move (as the feet) by sliding along or back and forth without lifting
b. : to perform (as a dance) with a dragging, sliding step
intransitive verb
1. : to work into or out of trickily
shuffled out of the difficulty
2. : to act or speak in a shifty or evasive manner
3.
a. : to move or walk in a sliding dragging manner without lifting the feet
b. : to dance in a lazy nonchalant manner with sliding and tapping motions of the feet
c. : to execute in a perfunctory or clumsy manner
4. : to mix playing cards or counters by shuffling
• shuf·fler -f(ə-)lər noun
II. noun
Date: 1628
1. : an evasion of the issue : equivocation
2.
a. : an act of shuffling (as of cards)
b. : a right or turn to shuffle
it's your shuffle
c. : a confusing jumble (as of papers or events)
lost in the shuffle
3.
a. : a dragging sliding movement ; specifically : a sliding or scraping step in dancing
b. : a dance characterized by such a step
c.
(1) : a rhythm where each beat of the measure is played as a triplet with the first and second parts of the triplet tied and the third part accented
(2) : music played in a shuffle rhythm