shuffle

shuf·fle

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The black jack dealer shuffled the cards before passing them to the players at the table.

noun

The definition of a shuffle is an act of moving by dragging the feet, to act in a tricky manner, or a mixing up of things.
1. An example of a shuffle is a sliding step in a dance.
2. An example of a shuffle is the arrangement of items on a shelf to help hide a broken item.
3. An example of a shuffle is the process of mixing up the cards or dominoes before starting to play the game.

verb

Shuffle is defined as to move the feet around by dragging or to mix up the order of objects.
1. An example of shuffle is to dance with a sliding step.
2. An example of shuffle is to mix up the order of cards.

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shuffle

transitive verb

-·fled, -·fling

1. to move (the feet) with a dragging or shoving gait
2. to perform (a dance) with such steps
to mix (playing cards) so as to change their order, as before dealing
to push or mix together in a jumbled or disordered mass
to shift (things) about from one place to another
to bring, put, or thrust (into or out of) clumsily or trickily

Origin of shuffle

Early ModE, probably from or akin to Low German schuffeln, to walk clumsily, shuffle cards from base of shove

to move by dragging or scraping the feet, as in walking or dancing
to get (into or out of a situation or condition) by trickery, evasion, lies, etc.
to act in a shifty, dishonest manner; practice deceit, trickery, evasion, etc.
to change or shift repeatedly from one position or place to another
to shuffle playing cards
to move clumsily (into or out of clothing)

the act of shuffling
a tricky or deceptive action; evasion; trick
1. a shuffling of the feet
2. a gait, dance, etc. characterized by this
1. the act of shuffling playing cards
2. a player's turn or right to shuffle

shuffle Idioms

lose in the shuffle

to leave out or disregard in the confusion of things

shuffle off

to get rid of

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shuffle

verb

shuf·fled, shuf·fling, shuf·fles

verb

intransitive

To move with short sliding steps, without or barely lifting the feet: The crowd shuffled out of the theater.
To dance casually with sliding and tapping steps.
To shift from position to position or move from place to place: shuffled around looking for work.
To present, play, or display (music or video files) in random order.
Games To mix playing cards, tiles, or dominoes together so as to make their order random.
Archaic To act in a shifty or deceitful manner; equivocate.

verb

transitive

To slide (the feet) along the floor or ground while walking.
To move (things, for example) from one place or position to another; transfer or shift: shuffle around the cushions on the couch.
To put quickly or furtively; shunt: shuffled the bill under a pile of junk mail.
To present, play, or display music or video files in random order.
Games To mix together (playing cards or tiles, for example) so as to make a random order of arrangement.

noun

A short sliding step or movement, or a walk characterized by such steps.
A dance in which the feet slide along or move close to the floor.
A confused mixture or state of things; a jumble: The letter got lost in the shuffle.
A feature on a music or video player that plays music or other files in a random order.
Games
a. An act of shuffling cards, dominoes, or tiles.
b. A player's right or turn to do this.
Archaic An evasive or deceitful action; an equivocation.

Phrasal Verbs: shuffle off To get rid of; dispose of.To evade or shirk (a responsibility, for example). Informal To leave; depart.

Origin of shuffle

Middle English shovelen probably of Middle Dutch or Middle Low German origin

Related Forms:

shuf′fler
noun

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Noun

(plural shuffles)

The act of shuffling cards.
He made a real mess of the last shuffle.
An instance of walking without lifting one's feet.
The sad young girl left with a tired shuffle.
(by extension, music) A rhythm commonly used in blues music. Consists of a series of triplet notes with the middle note missing, so that it sounds like a long note followed by a short note. Sounds like a walker dragging one foot.
A trick; an artifice; an evasion.
The gifts of nature are beyond all shame and shuffles. "” L'Estrange.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present shuffles, present participle shuffling, simple past and past participle shuffled)

To put in a random order.
Don't forget to shuffle the cards.
You shuffle, I'll deal.
The data packets are shuffled before transmission.
I'm going to shuffle all the songs in my playlist.
To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing.
He shuffled out of the room.
I shuffled my feet in embarrassment.
To change; modify the order of something.
To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.
To use arts or expedients; to make shift.
To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another.
to shuffle money from hand to hand
To remove or introduce by artificial confusion.

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shuffle - Computer Definition

See iPod shuffle.

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