shuffle

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈʃʌfəl/

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Verb

Plain form shuffle

Third-person singular shuffles

Past tense shuffled

Past participle shuffled

Present participle shuffling

1. If you shuffle, you drag your feet along the floor without lifting them up.

   He shuffled out of the room.

   I shuffled my feet in embarrassment.

2. If you shuffle something, you rearrange something in a random order.

   The dealer will shuffle the playing cards to make the game fair.

   I shuffle all of the music in my playlist.

Noun

Singular shuffle

Plural shuffles

1. If you make a shuffle, you drag your feet along the floor without lifting them up.

   The sad young girl left with a tired shuffle.

2. A shuffle is the rearrangement of something in a random order.

   You don't do very good shuffles. Why not make me do it instead?