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shuffle

shuffle

28 3.2
A way of mixing cards or songs to make their order random
  • noun
  • /ˈʃʌfəl/
translation icon : barajado (cartas)
  • Before we start the card game, let's do a proper shuffle to mix the deck.

And then they introduced the shuffle, random shuffle feature and customers complained.

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Examples

  • Can you put your music on shuffle and explain why you like whichever song starts playing?

  • I'd like a new deck, new cut and a new shuffle.

  • It's time for a Shuffle in Time breakfast edition.

  • So now the next shuffle is going to be what do you do?

  • Something which I see people not doing a lot is leaving shuffle time, like plan shuffle time in between activities.

  • We got a million tips, and... you know, things got lost in the shuffle

  • For example, the shuffle option was turned off so that students could move from chapter to chapter.

    Academic text (2007)
  • And then they introduced the shuffle, random shuffle feature and customers complained.

  • We could hear the shuffling of cards and the click of ice in their tea glasses.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Somewhere above them, he heard the shuffle and murmur of the party, the faint bass notes of Don West's keyboard.

    Fiction book (1999)

Synonyms

randomization
vsshuffle
  • Specialized
3 6.1

To make groups and choices so people and items have an equal chance and test results are fair

is a general mixing method not always ensuring equal likelihood or experimental control
shuffling
vsshuffle
1 3.0

To mix a deck of cards by moving them to change their order

applies more broadly to arranging items like songs as well as cards

Antonyms

662 1.6

Arrange people, things, and activities so they work well

162 1.7

To put things or information in a clear, neat order

Idioms

5 7.5

Missed when people are busy or things are disorganized

To stop living, often said in poems or books

Compounds

8.4

A dance step with two quick foot movements often used in tap dancing

A smooth, gentle tap dance that uses soft-soled shoes

How Random

randomization
  • Specialized
3 6.1
shuffle
28 3.2
to scramble
85 2.6
mixing
51 1.8
to sequence
21 4.4

Surface Forms

shuffle singular
shuffles plural

Etymology

A shuffle is the pushing-and-sliding action that mixes things like cards or songs, which is why a good shuffle makes the order random.