shuffle

shuffle
shuf|fle1 [ˈʃʌfəl] v
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Perhaps from shove]
1.) [I always + adverb/preposition]
to walk very slowly and noisily, without lifting your feet off the ground
shuffle forward/over/back etc
The official signaled to one of the waiters, who shuffled forward.
With sore legs and aching chest he shuffled over to the bathroom.
2.) shuffle your feet
to move your feet slightly, especially because you are bored or embarrassed
Monica shuffled her feet nervously and stared at the floor.
3.) [T]
to move something such as papers into a different order or into different positions
Jack sat nervously shuffling the papers around on his desk.
shuffle through
Frances shuffled through a pile of magazines.
4.) [I and T]
to mix ↑playing cards into a different order before playing a game with them
Is it my turn to shuffle?
Just shuffle the cards .
→↑reshuffle
shuffle 2
shuffle2 n
1.) [singular]
a slow walk in which you do not lift your feet off the ground
2.)
the act of mixing cards into a different order before playing a game
3.) be/get lost in the shuffle
to not be noticed or considered because there are so many other things to deal with
The information contained in the memo got lost in the shuffle once it reached headquarters.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?
Synonyms:

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Shuffle! — Некоторые героини аниме Shuffle! Жанр романтическая комедия, фэнтези …   Википедия

  • Shuffle — Shuffle! Героини аниме Shuffle! Шафл! (неоф. рус.) Жанр романтическая комедия, фэнтези, гарем Манга «Shuffle! Days in the Bloom» Автор Сирой Кусака …   Википедия

  • Shuffle! — シャッフル! (Shaffuru!) Género Fantasía, Ecchi, Harem, Romance Novela visual Desarrollador Navel …   Wikipedia Español

  • Shuffle! — Originaltitel シャッフル! Transkription Shaffuru! …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • shuffle — [shuf′əl] vt. shuffled, shuffling [Early ModE, prob. < or akin to LowG schuffeln, to walk clumsily, shuffle cards < base of SHOVE] 1. a) to move (the feet) with a dragging or shoving gait b) to perform (a dance) with such steps 2. to mix… …   English World dictionary

  • Shuffle — Shuf fle, v. i. 1. To change the relative position of cards in a pack; as, to shuffle and cut. [1913 Webster] 2. To change one s position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate. [1913 Webster] I myself …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shuffle — ► VERB 1) walk by dragging one s feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground. 2) restlessly shift one s position. 3) rearrange (a pack of cards) by sliding them over each other quickly. 4) (shuffle through) sort or look through (a… …   English terms dictionary

  • Shuffle — Shuf fle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shuffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shuffling}.] [Originally the same word as scuffle, and properly a freq. of shove. See {Shove}, and {Scuffle}.] 1. To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another; as, to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shuffle — [v1] move along lazily drag, limp, muddle, pad, scrape, scuff, scuffle, shamble, straggle, stumble, trail; concept 151 Ant. run shuffle [v2] rearrange, mix up break the deck*, change, change the order, confuse, disarrange, disarray, discompose,… …   New thesaurus

  • Shuffle — Shuf fle, n. 1. The act of shuffling; a mixing confusedly; a slovenly, dragging motion. [1913 Webster] The unguided agitation and rude shuffles of matter. Bentley. [1913 Webster] 2. A trick; an artifice; an evasion. [1913 Webster] The gifts of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shuffle — index beat (pulsate), bilk, equivocate, evade (deceive), exchange, palter, prevaricate Burton s Legal Thes …   Law dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”