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shuf⋅fle

  [shuhf-uhl] verb, -fled, -fling, noun
Use reshuffle in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
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 clothes.
4. to act underhandedly or evasively with respect to a stated situation (often fol. by in, into, or out of): to shuffle out of one's responsibilities.
5. to intermix so as to change the relative positions of cards in a pack.
–verb (used with object)
6. to move (one's feet) along the ground or floor without lifting them.
7. to perform (a dance) with such movements.
8. to move (an object or objects) this way and that.
9. to put, thrust, or bring trickily, evasively, or haphazardly (usually fol. by in, into, out, etc.): to shuffle one's way into favor.
10. to mix (cards in a pack) so as to change the relative positions.
11. to jumble together, mix, or interchange the positions of (objects).
–noun
12. a scraping movement; dragging gait.
13. an evasive trick; evasion.
14. an act or instance of shuffling.
15. Cards.
a. a shuffling of cards in a pack.
b. the right or turn to shuffle preparatory to dealing: You win the shuffle.
16. a dance in which the feet are shuffled along the floor.
—Verb phrase
17. shuffle off,
a. to thrust aside; get rid of.
b. to move away by, or as if by, shuffling: They shuffled off to school with little enthusiasm.
Origin:
1525–35; < LG schuffeln to walk clumsily or with dragging feet, mix (cards); akin to shovel

Synonyms:
6. drag, scrape, scuff.
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re·shuf·fle   (rē-shŭf'əl)   
tr.v.   re·shuf·fled, re·shuf·fling, re·shuf·fles

  1. To shuffle again: reshuffle cards.

  2. To arrange or organize anew: The president reshuffled the advisory committee.

re·shuf'fle n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

reshuffle  (v.)
1830, of cards, 1899, of organizations, from re- "back, again" + shuffle (v.).

shuffle 
1532, probably from M.E. shovelen "to move with dragging feet," probably a freq. form of shoven (see shove). Or perhaps from Low Ger. schuffeln "to walk clumsily, deal dishonestly." Of playing cards, first recorded 1570. The noun is attested from 1628. Phrase lost in the shuffle is from 1930.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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