Shuffle

Quick meaning: Shuffle is a noun meaning The act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.

Meaning

The act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.

More Meanings

1. The act of reordering anything, such as music tracks in a media player.
2. An instance of walking without lifting one's feet.
3. (dance) A dance move in which the foot is scuffed back and forth across the floor.
4. A trick; an artifice; an evasion.
5. (ambitransitive) To put in a random order.
6. To change; modify the order of something.
7. (by extension, music) A rhythm commonly used in blues music, consisting of a series of triplet notes with the middle note missing, so that it sounds like a long note followed by a short note, and suggests a walker dragging one foot.

Example Sentences

You shuffle, and I'll deal.

Don't forget to shuffle the cards.

He made a real mess of the last shuffle.

The sad young girl left with a tired shuffle.

Word Forms

• shuffles
• shuffling
• shuffled

Synonyms for shuffle

Depending on context, synonyms include shamble, scuff, ruffle, scuffle, make, shuffling.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include scuffle, make, mix, shamble, shambling, ruffle.

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