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shuffler

1 5.7

A person who walks slowly while dragging their feet

noun
/ˈʃʌflər/

: arrastrador

The old man was a habitual shuffler, dragging his feet along the corridor each morning.

Examples

The little boy was a natural shuffler, dragging his feet along the sidewalk as he walked to school.
At the park, I noticed an elderly man who was a shuffler, moving slowly with his feet barely lifting off the ground.
As a shuffler, he often wore out the soles of his shoes quickly.
The physical therapist worked with the patient to help him stop being a shuffler.
The shuffler moved slowly down the street.
He is a notorious shuffler at school.
She was dubbed a shuffler because she always seemed to slide her feet instead of picking them up while walking.

Synonyms

schlepper

vsshuffler

Offensive

1 9.9

A person who is awkward and often drops things when they carry them

walks by sliding or dragging feet rather than moving with ease

clumsy person

vsshuffler

1 3.4

A person who moves awkwardly and often drops or breaks things

walks by dragging feet rather than taking normal coordinated steps

plodder

vsshuffler

6.8

A person who walks slowly with heavy, tiring steps

walks by dragging or sliding the feet instead of lifting them properly

trudger

vsshuffler

8.4

A person who walks slowly with heavy steps because they are tired or the ground is difficult

walks by dragging or sliding the feet rather than lifting them fully

How Slow

slogger

8.9

shuffler

1 5.7

walker

33 1.0

Surface Forms

shuffler singular

shufflers plural

Morphology

shuffler = shuffle (transparent) = shuffle + er

The sense 'a person who walks by dragging their feet' is a direct agentive nominalization of the verb sense 'to shuffle (walk)'.

Etymology

Shuffler also comes from the verb shuffle, which can mean to 'slide' or drag your feet slowly along the ground. That's why a shuffler is a person who walks while dragging or sliding their feet.