to shuffle with one's feet

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• shuffle — /shuf euhl/, v., shuffled, shuffling, n. v.i. 1. to walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait. 2. to scrape the feet over the floor in dancing. 3. to move clumsily (usually fol. by into): to shuffle into one s… …   Universalium

• shuffle — [c]/ˈʃʌfəl / (say shufuhl) verb (shuffled, shuffling) –verb (i) 1. to walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait. 2. to scrape the feet over the floor in dancing. 3. to get (into, etc.) in a clumsy manner: to shuffle… …  

• Shuffle (disambiguation) — The terms shuffle or shuffling may refer to any of the following:An act of randomization: * shuffling the arbitrary reordering of items, especially a deck of cards, to introduce an element of chance in their selection * Shuffle play, the… …   Wikipedia

• shuffle — verb 1 walk by sliding your feet along ADVERB ▪ quickly, slowly ▪ awkwardly ▪ Simon shuffled awkwardly up to them. ▪ quietly ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• shuffle — [ ʃʌf(ə)l] verb 1》 walk by dragging one s feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground.     ↘restlessly shift one s position.     ↘(shuffle something off/shuffle out of something) get out of or avoid a responsibility or obligation. 2》 …   English new terms dictionary

• shuffle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. rearrange, switch, shift, mix, intermingle, jumble; scuff, drag; fidget; scuffle, shamble, slouch; equivocate, quibble, evade. See interchange, slowness, changeableness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To move …   English dictionary for students

• 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 — 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… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• shuffle — I. verb (shuffled; shuffling) Etymology: perhaps irregular from 1shove Date: 1570 transitive verb 1. to mix in a mass confusedly ; jumble 2. to put or thrust aside or under cover < shuffled the whole matter out of his …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• shuffle — v. & n. v. 1 tr. & intr. move with a scraping, sliding, or dragging motion (shuffles along; shuffling his feet). 2 tr. a (also absol.) rearrange (a pack of cards) by sliding them over each other quickly. b rearrange; intermingle; confuse… …   Useful english dictionary