Shuffling meaning

Shuffling is the act of dragging the feet across the floor, or the act of mixing something by changing the order of its parts.

An example of shuffling is the dragging movement of feet while walking.

An example of shuffling is the act of arranging a deck of cards for a game of poker.

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Present participle of shuffle.
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Action of the verb to shuffle.
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The noise created by something moving about.
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Moving with a dragging, scraping step.
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Shuffling Sentence Examples

  • I want you back in Denver, shuffling paper clips.

  • A little later I heard Howie shuffling back downstairs.

  • Fred made careful notes of everything Dean said, shuffling papers in his lined notebook.

  • Go, go, she... is calling... and weeping like a child and quickly shuffling on his feeble legs to a chair, he almost fell into it, covering his face with his hands.

  • Only among the back rows of the people, who were all pressing toward the one spot, could sighs, groans, and the shuffling of feet be heard.

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