Shuffle definition
To move with short sliding steps, without or barely lifting the feet.
The crowd shuffled out of the theater.
verb
(games) To mix playing cards, tiles, or dominoes together so as to make their order random.
verb
To present, play, or display (music or video files) in random order.
verb
(archaic) To act in a shifty or deceitful manner; equivocate.
verb
To slide (the feet) along the floor or ground while walking.
verb
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To move (things, for example) from one place or position to another; transfer or shift.
Shuffle around the cushions on the couch.
verb
To put quickly or furtively; shunt.
Shuffled the bill under a pile of junk mail.
verb
To present, play, or display music or video files in random order.
verb
(games) To mix together (playing cards or tiles, for example) so as to make a random order of arrangement.
verb
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.
An example of a shuffle is a sliding step in a dance.
An example of a shuffle is the arrangement of items on a shelf to help hide a broken item.
An example of a shuffle is the process of mixing up the cards or dominoes before starting to play the game.
noun
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Shuffle is defined as to move the feet around by dragging or to mix up the order of objects.
An example of shuffle is to dance with a sliding step.
An example of shuffle is to mix up the order of cards.
verb
A short sliding step or movement, or a walk characterized by such steps.
noun
A dance in which the feet slide along or move close to the floor.
noun
A confused mixture or state of things; a jumble.
The letter got lost in the shuffle.
noun
A feature on a music or video player that plays music or other files in a random order.
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(archaic) An evasive or deceitful action; an equivocation.
noun
An act of shuffling cards, dominoes, or tiles.
noun
A player's right or turn to do this.
noun
To mix (playing cards) so as to change their order, as before dealing.
verb
To push or mix together in a jumbled or disordered mass.
verb
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To shift (things) about from one place to another.
verb
To bring, put, or thrust (into or out of) clumsily or trickily.
verb
To move (the feet) with a dragging or shoving gait.
verb
To perform (a dance) with such steps.
verb
To move by dragging or scraping the feet, as in walking or dancing.
verb
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To get (into or out of a situation or condition) by trickery, evasion, lies, etc.
verb
To act in a shifty, dishonest manner; practice deceit, trickery, evasion, etc.
verb
To change or shift repeatedly from one position or place to another.
verb
To shuffle playing cards.
verb
To move clumsily (into or out of clothing)
verb
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The act of shuffling.
noun
A tricky or deceptive action; evasion; trick.
noun
A shuffling of the feet.
noun
A gait, dance, etc. characterized by this.
noun
The act of shuffling playing cards.
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A player's turn or right to shuffle.
noun
The act of shuffling cards.
He made a real mess of the last shuffle.
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(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.
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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.
verb
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.
verb
To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.
verb
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To use arts or expedients; to make shift.
verb
To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another.
To shuffle money from hand to hand.
verb
To remove or introduce by artificial confusion.
verb
To dance casually with sliding and tapping steps.
verb
To shift from position to position or move from place to place.
Shuffled around looking for work.
verb
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lose in the shuffle
- to leave out or disregard in the confusion of things
idiom
shuffle off
- to get rid of
idiom
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
lose in the shuffle
Origin of shuffle
- Middle English shovelen probably of Middle Dutch or Middle Low German origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition