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Definition of Shuffle
1. Noun. The act of mixing cards haphazardly.
Generic synonyms: Reordering
Specialized synonyms: Reshuffle, Reshuffling, Riffle
Group relationships: Card Game, Cards
2. Verb. Walk by dragging one's feet. "The children shuffle to the playground"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall"
Generic synonyms: Walk
Specialized synonyms: Drag, Scuff
Derivative terms: Shamble, Shambling, Shuffler, Shuffling
3. Noun. Walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet. "From his shambling I assumed he was very old"
Generic synonyms: Walk, Walking
Derivative terms: Shamble, Shamble
4. Verb. Move about, move back and forth. "He shuffled his funds among different accounts in various countries so as to avoid the IRS"
5. Verb. Mix so as to make a random order or arrangement. "Shuffle the cards"
Generic synonyms: Manipulate
Specialized synonyms: Reshuffle, Riffle, Cut
Derivative terms: Mix, Mix, Shuffler, Shuffling
Definition of Shuffle
1. v. t. To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another; as, to shuffle money from hand to hand.
2. v. i. To change the relative position of cards in a pack; as, to shuffle and cut.
3. n. The act of shuffling; a mixing confusedly; a slovenly, dragging motion.
Definition of Shuffle
1. to walk without lifting the feet [v -FLED, -FLING, -FLES]
Medical Definition of Shuffle
1. 1. To change the relative position of cards in a pack; as, to shuffle and cut. 2. To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate. "I muself, . . . Hiding mine honor in my necessity, am fain to shuffle." (Shak) 3. To use arts or expedients; to make shift. "Your life, good master, Must shuffle for itself." (Shak) 4. To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing. "The aged creature came Shuffling along with ivory-headed wand." (Keats) Synonym: To equivicate, prevaricate, quibble, cavil, shift, siphisticate, juggle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)