shambling

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃæmblɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -æmblɪŋ

Verb

shambling

1. present participle and gerund of shamble

Adjective

shambling (comparative more shambling, superlative most shambling)

1. Who walks while dragging or shuffling the feet.

   moving with a shambling gait

   a shambling giant of a man

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     If there was any magic in the video clips, it was a weak spell. Lurching between slow zooms and jerky cuts, these videos brought vaguely aspirational images to uneasy, shambling life: petals on a bathroom floor; animals lumbering through a dewy garden; an unmanned treadmill running in an otherwise empty penthouse suite.

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Noun

shambling (plural shamblings)

1. An awkward, irregular gait.

Related terms

• shamble
• shambles