shamble
1shambles, (used with a singular or plural verb)
a slaughterhouse.
any place of carnage.
any scene of destruction: to turn cities into shambles.
any scene, place, or thing in disorder: Her desk is a shambles.
British Dialect. a butcher's shop or stall.
Origin of shamble
1Words Nearby shamble
Other definitions for shamble (2 of 2)
to walk or go awkwardly; shuffle.
a shambling gait.
Origin of shamble
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How to use shamble in a sentence
When Hurricane Gustav struck the Gulf Coast in 2008, leaving more than 100,000 Louisiana customers without power for over a week, Entergy’s grid was in shambles.
Entergy Resisted Upgrading New Orleans’ Power Grid. When Ida Hit, Residents Paid the Price. | by Max Blau and Annie Waldman, ProPublica, and Tegan Wendland, WWNO/NPR; Photography by Kathleen Flynn, special to ProPublica | September 22, 2021 | ProPublicaAt least 21 people are dead, hundreds of homes are in shambles and the wreckage of people’s lives is strewn across the landscape.
Tennessee floods show a pressing climate danger across America: ‘Walls of water’ | Sarah Kaplan | August 24, 2021 | Washington PostMy supposition is that North Korea does not want to be 90% dependent upon China for its economy, which is currently in a shambles under those circumstances, and is seeking a different kind of independence.
'This Is a Window of Opportunity.' Ret. General Vincent K. Brooks on Why Things Might Be Moving Again With North Korea | Charlie Campbell / Shanghai | June 24, 2021 | TimeWith his emotional life in shambles, Pauli took up drinking and smoking heavily.
The Synchronicity of Wolfgang Pauli and Carl Jung - Issue 93: Forerunners | Paul Halpern | November 18, 2020 | NautilusThe resulting chaos has left nearly 200,000 Americans dead and the economy in shambles.
The deck of the Frenchman was truly a shamble; not a spot appeared free from some dead or wounded occupant.
Hurricane Hurry | W.H.G. KingstonThe men were past revolt now, they could only shamble dizzily about.
Beggars on Horseback | F. Tennyson JesseThey could not walk, they could only shamble; they could not laugh, they could only leer.
The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition | Upton SinclairHis knees still knocked together in a loathsome paralysis, but he made effort to shamble forward.
The Air Pirate | Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger GullIt is called shamble Oak because a butcher once used its hollow trunk to conceal stolen sheep.
Zigzag Journeys in Europe | Hezekiah Butterworth
British Dictionary definitions for shamble
/ (ˈʃæmbəl) /
(intr) to walk or move along in an awkward or unsteady way
an awkward or unsteady walk
Origin of shamble
1Derived forms of shamble
- shambling, adjective, noun
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