to shuffle
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3.8
- verb
- /ˈʃʌfəl/
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- After the long meeting, she shuffled out of the conference room, her feet barely lifting off the ground.
- shuffle their feet
- shuffling gait
So people start to slur their speech, people start to shuffle their feet, people forget their posture.
- So people start to slur their speech, people start to shuffle their feet, people forget their posture.
- So we, you know, what we did was we explored what does it mean to be like shuffling around waiting?
- Chris is now quietly shuffling to the pickup truck where he is climbing into the front seat and reclining it like a bed.
- You sit at a desk, a bell rings and you stand up and you shuffle over to the other room.
- This is not walking, but a shuffled drag.
- Savoir is over and I'll shuffle off straight face and he's going he's fucking mad like that.
- That's how I always knew my grandpa was walking around and start fucking shuffling around someone rubbing Velcro.
Examples
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You sit at a desk, a bell rings and you stand up and you shuffle over to the other room.
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The cattle are shuffling out there.
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I want you to shuffle to your right.
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Suppose you just shuffle along and call it a day.
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The crowd behind him began to shuffle back enough to clear a path.
Fiction book (1990) -
So he stood up and got to shuffling.
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And he disappeared into his flat, then came shuffling back holding a card out to me.
Fiction book (1990) -
The men probe the sands with shuffling feet, while the women haul out the eggs.
Academic text (1995) -
Some people clapped while others simply shuffled out of the banquet hall.
Academic text (2005) -
As a few sleepy cows gaze at him, sleepy Val shuffles over to his battered old pickup truck.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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1.0
To move on foot at a normal speed
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2.8
To move slowly and with effort because you are tired
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7.9
To walk awkwardly while dragging your feet
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3.5
To walk by dragging your feet and making a soft rubbing sound
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3.7
To move by dragging the feet and making soft noises
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Etymology
The verb shuffle also comes from the idea of 'sliding' your feet, like a slow shove, so to shuffle along means to drag or slide your feet instead of lifting them fully.