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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 followed by into): to shuffle into one's clothes.
4.
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.
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 followed by in, into, out, etc.): to shuffle one's way into favor.
10.
EXPANDto mix (cards in a pack) so as to change the relative positions.
11.
COLLAPSEto jumble together, mix, or interchange the positions of (objects).
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Shuffle off
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noun
Verb phrase12.
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.
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; < Low German schuffeln to walk clumsily or with dragging feet, mix (cards); akin to shovel
1525–35; < Low German schuffeln to walk clumsily or with dragging feet, mix (cards); akin to shovel
Related forms
re·shuf·fle, verb -fled, -fling, noun
un·shuf·fled, adjective
Synonyms
6. drag, scrape, scuff.
6. drag, scrape, scuff.
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| shuffle off | |
| —vb | |
| (tr, adverb) to thrust off or put aside: shuffle off responsibility | |
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Word Origin & History
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.
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Idioms & Phrases
shuffle off
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Get rid of, act evasively, as in They've tried to shuffle off public inquiries about the safety of their planes. This usage, dating from about 1600, also appears in the oftquoted shuffle off this mortal coil, from Shakespeare's Hamlet (3:1), where it means "become freed from the turmoil of life," that is, "die."
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Move away reluctantly, dragging one's feet, as in The prisoners shuffled off to their work detail. [Late 1500s]
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