What is the meaning of shuffling?

noun

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

verb

  • Walk by dragging one's feet.
    • usage: "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall"
  • Move about, move back and forth.
    • usage: "He shuffled his funds among different accounts in various countries so as to avoid the IRS"
  • Mix so as to make a random order or arrangement.
    • usage: "shuffle the cards"
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