shuffle
/ˈʃʌfəl/noun
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The act of shuffling cards.
Example: He made a real mess of the last shuffle.
The act of reordering anything, such as music tracks in a media player.
An instance of walking without lifting one's feet.
Example: The sad young girl left with a tired shuffle.
(by extension) A rhythm commonly used in blues music. Consists of a series of triplet notes with the middle note missing, so that it sounds like a long note followed by a short note. Sounds like a walker dragging one foot.
verb
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To put in a random order.
Example: Don't forget to shuffle the cards.
To change; modify the order of something.
To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing.
Example: He shuffled out of the room.
To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.