- 1[intransitive] + adv./prep. to walk slowly without lifting your feet completely off the ground. He shuffled across the room to the window. The line shuffled forward a little. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adverbquickly, slowly, awkwardly, … prepositionacross, down, into, … See full entry
- 2[transitive, intransitive] shuffle (something) to move from one foot to another; to move your feet in an awkward or embarrassed way Jenny shuffled her feet and blushed with shame. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adverbnervously, uncomfortably, uneasily, … phrasesshuffle from foot to foot, shuffle from one foot to the other, shuffle in your chair, … See full entry
- 3[transitive, intransitive] shuffle (something) to mix cards up in a pack / deck of playing cards before playing a game Shuffle the cards and deal out seven to each player. Wordfindercardace, card, cut, deal, gambling, hand, jack, shuffle, suit, trump See related entries: Card games
- 4[transitive] shuffle something to move paper or things into different positions or a different order I shuffled the documents on my desk. Word Originmid 16th cent.: perhaps from Low German schuffeln ‘walk clumsily’, also ‘deal dishonestly, shuffle (cards)’, of Germanic origin; related to shove and scuffle.Extra examples Simon shuffled awkwardly towards them. Simon shuffled awkwardly up to them. The boys shuffled around uncomfortably. The crowd shuffled slowly forward. Don’t worry, I should be able to shuffle some of the classes around. He nervously shuffled the papers on his desk. I shuffled the deck, then pulled a card out from the middle. She shuffled her feet nervously. She spent her day shuffling around the streets of London. The man shuffled off into the night.
shuffle
verbBrE BrE//ˈʃʌfl//; NAmE NAmE//ˈʃʌfl//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they shuffle BrE BrE//ˈʃʌfl//; NAmE NAmE//ˈʃʌfl//
he / she / it shuffles BrE BrE//ˈʃʌflz//; NAmE NAmE//ˈʃʌflz//
past simple shuffled BrE BrE//ˈʃʌfld//; NAmE NAmE//ˈʃʌfld//
past participle shuffled BrE BrE//ˈʃʌfld//; NAmE NAmE//ˈʃʌfld//
-ing form shuffling BrE BrE//ˈʃʌflɪŋ//; NAmE NAmE//ˈʃʌflɪŋ//
Card gamesCheck pronunciation: shuffle
