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Meaning of 'shuffle'
Meaning of 'shuffle' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Shuffle 
[ n.]
- The act of shuffling; a mixing confusedly; a slovenly,
dragging motion. [ n.]- A trick; an artifice; an evasion.
2. Shuffle [ v. i.]
- To change the relative position of cards in a pack; as,
to shuffle and cut. [ v. i.]- To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.
- To use arts or expedients; to make shift.
- To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing.
3. Shuffle [ v. t.]
- To shove one way and the other; to push from one to
another; as, to shuffle money from hand to hand. [ v. t.]- To mix by pushing or shoving; to confuse; to throw into disorder; especially, to change the relative positions of, as of the cards in a pack.
- To remove or introduce by artificial confusion.
Meaning of 'shuffle' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. shuffle [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
- walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
Example in sentence:
- from his shambling I assumed he was very old
2. shuffle [ v]
[ v]Meaning (2):
- move about, move back and forth
- move about, move back and forth
Example in sentence:
- He shuffled his funds among different accounts in various countries so as to avoid the IRS
Meaning (3):
- walk by dragging one's feet
- walk by dragging one's feet
Example in sentence:
- he shuffled out of the room;
- We heard his feet shuffling down the hall
Meaning (4):
- mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
- mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
Example in sentence:
- shuffle the cards
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