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Shuffling
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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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).
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 re·shuf·fled, re·shuf·fling, noun
un·shuf·fled, adjective
Synonyms
6. drag, scrape, scuff.
6. drag, scrape, scuff.
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