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shuffling

shuffling

1 3.0
To mix a deck of cards by moving them to change their order
  • noun
  • /ˈʃʌflɪŋ/
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  • He performed a quick shuffling of the cards before the game began.

Examples

  • After shuffling the cards, she dealt a hand to each player.

  • [McMURPHY SHUFFLING CARDS]

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

  • You've got to do another riffle shuffle, but by pressing them against.

  • The dealer is shuffling the deck to ensure a fair distribution of cards.

Synonyms

shuffle
vsshuffling
28 3.2

A way of mixing cards or songs to make their order random

is the specific action of mixing playing cards before dealing

Antonyms

order
∞ 1.0

The arrangement of things in a neat sequence

arrangement
135 2.7

The way things are placed or organized in a place

How Random

randomization
  • Specialized
3 6.1
shuffling
1 3.0
mixing
51 1.8
arrangement
135 2.7

Surface Forms

shuffling singular
shufflings plural

Morphology

shuffling = shuffle (transparent) = shuffle + ing

The noun is the gerund/nominalization of the verb 'shuffle' formed by adding '-ing', and its meaning is directly derived from the verb.

Etymology

Shuffling comes from an old word meaning 'to push' or 'to slide', so think of cards being pushed and slid together to mix them; that's why shuffling a deck changes the order of the cards.