Shuffle - English meaning

verb

Move in a feeble or unsteady way, especially because of old age.

Usage examples:

An elderly couple gave us a concerned glance as they doddered past

noun

A widely distributed parasitic climbing plant of the convolvulus family, with leafless threadlike stems that are attached to the host plant by means of suckers.

Usage examples:

Eventually a mat of stems forms around the host plant and the dodder loses contact with the soil.

verb

To move slowly and weakly, as if you might fall, especially because of being very old

Usage examples:

There's an old family servant who dodders around., the spindly orange vine known as dodder is a par…

idiom

Postpone doing what one should be doing

phrase

Walk slowly and wearily or with difficulty.

Usage examples:

They dragged their feet through the orchard towards the house

verb

Walk in an awkward way, typically because of pain from an injury.

Usage examples:

He was hobbling around on crutches

noun

An awkward way of walking, typically due to pain from an injury.

Usage examples:

He finished the match almost reduced to a hobble

verb

Walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury

verb

Mix together.

Usage examples:

The ore had to be handled so that it was not inadvertently intermixed with other material

noun

An untidy collection or pile of things.

Usage examples:

The books were in a chaotic jumble

verb

Mix up in a confused or untidy way.

Usage examples:

A drawer full of letters jumbled together

noun

A confused mixture or mass of things

Usage examples:

A jumble of papers on the desk, the events of the last few weeks are all jumbled up in my mind.

verb

Walk with difficulty, typically because of a damaged or stiff leg or foot.

Usage examples:

He limped heavily as he moved

noun

A tendency to limp; a gait impeded by injury or stiffness.

Usage examples:

The accident left him with a pronounced limp

adjective

Lacking internal strength or structure; not stiff or firm.

Usage examples:

She let her whole body go limp

verb

Move in a slow, heavy, awkward way.

Usage examples:

A truck lumbered past

noun

Articles of furniture or other household items that are no longer useful and inconveniently take up storage space.

Usage examples:

A lumber room

verb

Burden (someone) with something unwanted.

Usage examples:

The banks do not want to be lumbered with a building that they cannot sell

verb

Make an abrupt, unsteady, uncontrolled movement or series of movements; stagger.

Usage examples:

The car lurched forward

noun

An abrupt uncontrolled movement, especially an unsteady tilt or roll.

Usage examples:

The boat gave a violent lurch and he missed his footing

verb

Move suddenly or as if unable to control one's movements

verb

Mix or cause to mix together.

Usage examples:

The sound of voices mingled with a scraping of chairs

verb

Bring or combine together or with something else

verb

To mix with; combine

Usage examples:

[ t ] her excitement at starting the new job was mingled with fear., he seems to be mingling with t…

verb

Combine or put together to form one substance or mass.

Usage examples:

Peppercorns are sometimes mixed with other spices

noun

Two or more different qualities, things, or people placed, combined, or considered together.

Usage examples:

The decor is a fascinating mix of antique and modern

verb

To combine different substances, esp. so that the result cannot easily be separated into its parts, or to cause different substances to combine in this way

Usage examples:

[ i ] oil and water don’t mix., [ t ] mix two eggs into the flour., [ t ] he mixed the blue paint w…

verb

Change the position of.

Usage examples:

She rearranged her skirt as she sat back in her chair

verb

To change the order, position, or time of arrangements already made

Usage examples:

Our bedrooms are so small we can’t rearrange the furniture., [ c ] there was a last-minute rearrang…

noun

A cylinder on which film, wire, thread, or other flexible materials can be wound.

Usage examples:

A cotton reel

verb

Wind something on to a reel by turning the reel.

Usage examples:

Sailplanes are often launched by means of a wire reeled in by a winch

verb

A winder around which flexible materials can be wound

verb

Change the way in which (something) is organized.

Usage examples:

We have to reorganize the entire workload

verb

To organize something differently

Usage examples:

[ i ] after the battle, the platoon reorganized on the edge of the town., [ t ] the irs has propose…

verb

To change the way in which something such as a company is organized, in order to improve it

Usage examples:

He hired turnaround specialists to help reorganize the company., they announced that they would cut…

verb

(of a person) move with a slow, shuffling, awkward gait.

Usage examples:

He shambled off down the corridor

noun

A slow, shuffling, awkward gait.

Usage examples:

They walked, side by side, in a slow shamble

verb

To walk slowly and awkwardly, without lifting your feet correctly

Usage examples:

Sick patients shambled along the hospital corridors., he was a strange, shambling figure.

verb

Move clumsily or with great effort.

Usage examples:

I sprauchled about with my bucket and spade

verb

Walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall.

Usage examples:

He staggered to his feet, swaying a little

noun

An unsteady walk or movement.

Usage examples:

She walked with a stagger

verb

Walk with great difficulty

verb

Trip or momentarily lose one's balance; almost fall.

Usage examples:

Her foot caught in the rug and she stumbled

noun

An act of stumbling.

Usage examples:

He broke a bone in his foot in a stumble down an alpine pass

verb

Miss a step and fall or nearly fall

verb

Move or balance unsteadily; sway back and forth.

Usage examples:

She teetered after him in her high-heeled sandals

verb

To appear to be about to fall while moving or standing

Usage examples:

They teetered around the room like two toddlers, helpless with laughter., fig. the city is teeterin…

verb

Move in a feeble or unsteady way.

Usage examples:

A hunched figure was tottering down the path

noun

A feeble or unsteady gait.

Usage examples:

You may say that none of this sounds like a leap forward, more like a totter backwards.

noun

A person who makes a living by salvaging saleable items from dustbins or rubbish heaps.

Usage examples:

Coney street in york was a totter's paradise on tuesday morning