shuffle
verb/ˈʃʌfl/
/ˈʃʌfl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they shuffle | /ˈʃʌfl/ /ˈʃʌfl/ |
| he / she / it shuffles | /ˈʃʌflz/ /ˈʃʌflz/ |
| past simple shuffled | /ˈʃʌfld/ /ˈʃʌfld/ |
| past participle shuffled | /ˈʃʌfld/ /ˈʃʌfld/ |
| -ing form shuffling | /ˈʃʌflɪŋ/ /ˈʃʌflɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to walk slowly without lifting your feet completely off the ground
- He shuffled across the room to the window.
- The line shuffled forward a little.
Extra Examples- Simon shuffled awkwardly towards them.
- She spent her day shuffling around the streets of London.
- The man shuffled off into the night.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- quickly
- slowly
- awkwardly
- …
- across
- down
- into
- …
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- [transitive, intransitive] shuffle (something) to move from one foot to another, especially because you are bored, nervous or embarrassed
- Jenny shuffled her feet and blushed with shame.
- The boys shuffled around uncomfortably.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- nervously
- uncomfortably
- uneasily
- …
- shuffle from foot to foot
- shuffle from one foot to the other
- shuffle in your chair
- …
- [transitive, intransitive] shuffle (something) to mix cards up in a pack of playing cards before playing a game
- Shuffle the cards and deal out seven to each player.
- I shuffled the deck, then pulled a card out from the middle.
- Whose turn is it to shuffle?
- [transitive] shuffle something to move paper or things into different positions or a different order
- I shuffled the documents on my desk.
- Don't worry, I should be able to shuffle some of the classes around.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: perhaps from Low German schuffeln ‘walk clumsily’, also ‘deal dishonestly, shuffle (cards)’, of Germanic origin; related to shove and scuffle.
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