shuffle

UK /ˈʃʌfəl/ US /ˈʃʌfəl/
noun 5verb 5

Definitions

noun

1

The act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.

He made a real mess of the last shuffle.

2

The act of reordering anything, such as music tracks in a media player.

3

An instance of walking without lifting one's feet.

The sad young girl left with a tired shuffle.

4

A rhythm commonly used in blues music, consisting of a series of triplet notes with the middle note missing, so that it sounds like a long note followed by a short note, and suggests a walker dragging one foot.

5

A dance move in which the foot is scuffed back and forth across the floor.

verb

1

To put in a random order.

Don't forget to shuffle the cards.

You shuffle, and I'll deal.

2

To change; modify the order of something.

But, rather than make a change up front, Hughes shuffled his defence for this match, replacing Carlos Salcido with Baird, in a move which few would have predicted would prove decisive.

3

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.

4

To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.

I myself, […] hiding mine honour in my necessity, am fain to shuffle.

5

To use arts or expedients; to make shift.

Your life, good master, / Must shuffle for itself.

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