Shuffling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈʃʌfl̩ɪŋ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Shuffling is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of shuffle.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of shuffle.
More Meanings
- The act or motion of one who shuffles.
- The noise created by something moving about.
- Moving with a dragging, scraping step.
- Evasive.
- (dated) Trickery.
Example Sentences
a shuffling excuse
This world I do renounce, and in your sights / Shake patiently my great affliction off.
As I lay waiting I could hear a sort of murmurousness beyond the door. It seemed composed of whimperings, slitherings, and shufflings, punctuated occasionally by a raised voice in the distance.
Jane Gibson taught the cast the movements of the various creatures they were representing: the linear shufflings of the hedgehogs, the dozy lollopings of the rabbits, the sinuous dartings of the weasel and so on.
Word Forms
- shufflings
Synonyms for shuffling
Depending on context, synonyms include shuffle, make, moving, shamble, shambling, milling.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shamble, shambling, moving, make, milling, mixing.
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