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shuffling

shuf·fling
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [shuhf-ling]
    • /ˈʃʌf lɪŋ/
    • /ˈʃʌf.l̩/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shuhf-ling]
    • /ˈʃʌf lɪŋ/

Definitions of shuffling word

  • adjective shuffling moving in a dragging or clumsy manner. 1
  • adjective shuffling prevaricating; evasive. 1
  • verb without object shuffling to walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait. 1
  • verb without object shuffling to scrape the feet over the floor in dancing. 1
  • verb without object shuffling to move clumsily (usually followed by into): to shuffle into one's clothes. 1
  • verb without object shuffling to act underhandedly or evasively with respect to a stated situation (often followed by in, into, or out of): to shuffle out of one's responsibilities. 1
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Origin of shuffling

First appearance:

before 1570
One of the 33% oldest English words
First recorded in 1570-80; shuffle + -ing2

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Parts of speech for Shuffling

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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shuffling popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for shuffling

noun shuffling

  • amphibology — ambiguity of expression, esp when due to a grammatical construction, as in save rags and waste paper
  • cop-out — an act or instance of copping out; reneging; evasion: The governor's platform was a cop-out.
  • copout — an act or instance of copping out; reneging; evasion: The governor's platform was a cop-out.
  • cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
  • deceptiveness — apt or tending to deceive: The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive.

adj shuffling

  • casuistic — of or having to do with casuistry or casuists
  • creeping — (of a plant) having a stem that grows horizontally along the ground and throws out roots at intervals
  • inching — a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.

adjective shuffling

  • casuistical — Casuistic.
  • elusory — That tends to elude.
  • evasive — Tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, esp. by responding only indirectly.
  • worming — Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
All 26 Synonyms of shuffling

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    a common neurologic disease believed to be caused by deterioration of the brain cells that produce dopamine, occurring primarily after the age of 60, characterized by tremors, especially of the fingers and hands, muscle rigidity, shuffling gait, slow speech, and a masklike facial expression.

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