to shuffle
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3.7
- verb
- /ˈʃʌfəl/
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revolver (papeles)
- This kid got shuffled around from home to home till he came here.
- shuffle papers
What prevents people from sort of shuffling around and changing the outputs and inputs?
- What prevents people from sort of shuffling around and changing the outputs and inputs?
- We ended up shuffling our videos around, hence this chat now.
- So you're constantly shuffling between these emotionals, emotions.
- And they shuffled, you know, shuffled about.
Examples
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The boys need me on the field, not stuck behind some desk shuffling bureaucratic crap.
Fiction book (1994) -
And and, you know, we shuffle people in and shuffle people out.
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All right, We're going to shuffle this up under the sound effects.
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And then we're gonna shuffle a little bit.
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We'll shuffle things around a bit.
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The couple ahead of them got on a chair, and then they shuffled into position.
Fiction book (1994) -
Half those guys will get shuffled over to Major Crime Squad.
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I had a lot of shuffling around lately.
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So most people will jog and then shuffle and then jog and then shuffle.
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He decided to shuffle the papers on his desk to find the report more easily.
Synonyms
85
2.6
Mix eggs quickly while cooking until they become soft and fluffy
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3.8
To search through things quickly by moving them around
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3.7
Move around slowly in a place without any clear purpose, often in a group
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6.4
To move slowly and get separated from the main group
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5.3
To move around a place without a clear reason, often in a group
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3.4
To put things together in a mixed and untidy pile
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4.1
To move around quickly while busy with small tasks
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4.7
Mix cards so their order becomes random
Not staying in one place or job for long
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How Disorganized
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Etymology
The verb shuffle keeps the sense of 'pushing and moving things around', like small shoves, so to shuffle people, papers, or plans is to move them from one place to another, often in a repeated or mixed way.