What is the meaning of shambling?

noun

  • Walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet.
    • usage: "from his shambling I assumed he was very old"

verb

  • Walk by dragging one's feet.
    • usage: "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
14
 
|15 years ago|1k views|share |citing 
APAWordNet. (2010). shambling. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/shambling/definitions/1330009
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "shambling" http://smartdefine.org/shambling/definitions/1330009 (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, shambling, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/shambling/definitions/1330009>.
MLAWordNet. "shambling" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/shambling/definitions/1330009>
{ class="autoclick" }next definition (/)