shuffle

CEFRB2

/ˈʃʌfəl/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To walk without lifting your feet properly.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    An instance of walking without lifting one's feet.

Examples

  • Do you want me to shuffle the cards?

  • Please shuffle the cards carefully.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.

  2. The act of reordering anything, such as music tracks in a media player.

  3. A dance move in which the foot is scuffed back and forth across the floor.

More examples

In context

  • He made a real mess of the last shuffle.

  • The sad young girl left with a tired shuffle.

  • Don't forget to shuffle the cards.

Synonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

After waiting so long, the bored audience began to blank their feet in place.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

Originally the same word as scuffle, and properly a frequentative of shove.