shuf·fle
(shŭf́əl)
[Middle English shovelen, probably of Middle Dutch or Middle Low German origin.]
verb: -fled, -fling, -fles.
transitive verb
- To slide (the feet) along the floor or ground while walking.
- To move (something) from one place to another; transfer or shift.
- To put aside or under cover quickly; shunt: shuffled the bill under a pile of junk mail.
- To mix together; jumble.
- To mix together (playing cards or tiles, for example) so as to make a random order of arrangement.
intransitive verb
- To move with short sliding steps, without or barely lifting the feet: The crowd shuffled out of the theater.
- To dance casually with sliding and tapping steps.
- To move about from place to place; shift: shuffled around looking for work.
- To act in a shifty or deceitful manner; equivocate.
- Games To mix playing cards, tiles, or dominoes together so as to make their order random.
noun
- A short sliding step or movement, or a walk characterized by such steps.
- A dance in which the feet slide along or move close to the floor.
- An evasive or deceitful action; an equivocation.
- A confused mixture; a jumble.
- Games
- An act of shuffling cards, dominoes, or tiles.
- A player's right or turn to do this.
phrasal verbs
- shuffle off
- To get rid of; dispose of.
- To evade or shirk (a responsibility, for example).
- Informal To leave; depart.
derivatives
- shuf́fler
- noun
