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   shuffle

   /ˈʃʌfl/

   verb

   • 1. walk by dragging one's feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground: "I stepped into my skis and shuffled to the edge of the steep slope" Similar shambledrag one's feetstumblelumberstaggerteetertotterdodderreellurchhobblelimpsprauchle
   • ▪ shift one's position while sitting or move one's feet while standing, typically because of boredom, nervousness, or embarrassment: "Christine shuffled uneasily in her chair" Similar scrapedragscratchgrindscufflescuff
   • ▪ put part of one's body into (an item of clothing), typically in a clumsy way: "she shuffled her feet into a pair of shoes"
   • 2. rearrange (a pack of cards) by sliding them over each other quickly: "he shuffled the cards and cut the deck" Similar mixmix upmingleintermixshift aboutrearrangereorganizejumble
   • ▪ move (people or things) around so as to occupy different positions or to be in a different order: "my father shuffled his money around various building societies"
   • ▪ play or arrange (tracks on a music player) in a random order: "the control lets you shuffle or skip songs by flicking the phone with your wrist"
   • ▪ sort or look through (a number of things) hurriedly: "he shuffled through the papers"
   • 3. behave in a shifty or evasive manner: archaic "Mr Milles did not frankly own it, but seem'd to shuffle about it"
   • ▪ get out of (a difficult situation) in an underhand way: "he shuffles out of the consequences by vague charges of undue influence"

   noun

   • 1. a shuffling movement, walk, or sound: "there was a shuffle of approaching feet"
   • ▪ a quick dragging or scraping movement of the feet in dancing: "Violet tried on a top hat and did a brief vaudeville shuffle"
   • ▪ a dance performed with quick dragging or scraping movements of the feet.
   • ▪ a piece of music for or in the style of a shuffle: "it's the usual blend of boogie, shuffle, and ballad"
   • ▪ a rhythmic motif based on a shuffle dance step and typical of early jazz, consisting of alternating crotchets and quavers in a triplet pattern.
   • 2. an act of shuffling a pack of cards: "the discard is removed from the deck until the next shuffle"
   • ▪ a change of order or relative positions; a reshuffle: "the Prime Minister may have to consider a cabinet shuffle in the spring"
   • ▪ a facility on a music player for playing tracks in an arbitrary order: "I had my iPod on shuffle and ‘Eleanor Rigby’ just happened to begin playing"
   • 3. a piece of equivocation or subterfuge. archaic

   Word Origin mid 16th century: perhaps from Low German schuffeln ‘walk clumsily’, also ‘deal dishonestly, shuffle (cards)’, of Germanic origin; related to shove and scuffle.

   Derivatives

   • 1. shuffler noun

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   What does shuffle mean?

   • : a rhythm where each beat of the measure is played as a triplet with the first and second parts of the triplet tied and the third part accented Verb He shuffled across the floor. She stood there, shuffling her feet, waiting for the bus to arrive. She shuffled the papers on her desk. Rabbits shuffle out of the brush to nibble on grass.

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   What does shuffle mean in poker?

   • Another way to use shuffle is to mean "mix up in a random way," as you do with a deck of cards before dealing a hand. Shuffle probably comes from the Low German word schuffeln, which means both "to walk clumsily" and "to deal dishonestly."

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   What is the shuffle system?

   • As its core, the SHUFFLE is an imaging system dedicated to quickly and efficiently discriminate fly-away/frizz fibers from the bulk of hair swatches on an image using light transmission variations to evaluate hair density. Several attachments are available for a wide range of analysis.

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   Is shuffle a preposition or adverb?

   • [VERB preposition/adverb] Shuffle is also a noun. She noticed her own proud walk had become a shuffle. If you shuffle around, you move your feet about while standing or you move your bottom about while sitting, often because you feel uncomfortable or embarrassed. He shuffles around in his chair.

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   What does lost in the shuffle mean?

   • To be lost, ignored, or forgotten amid a confusing mix of things or during a chaotic situation. A: "Where's my homework?" B: "Here, it was lost in the shuffle on the kitchen table." There was a lot going on last month, so I'm afraid some of our usual obligations got lost in the shuffle.

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   How do shuffle cards work?

   • The content of each row is maintained and the order within the row is shuffled. In fact, if we assume the cards are well shuffled, we can specify quite precisely what the odds are for any sort of hand to be dealt.

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     SHUFFLE meaning: 1. to walk by pulling your feet slowly...

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     SHUFFLE definicja: 1. to walk by pulling your feet slowly...

   • Shuffle in Spanish

     SHUFFLE translate: andar arrastrando los pies, arrastrar,...

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     SHUFFLE translate: powłóczyć nogami , przekładać, tasować,...

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     SHUFFLE translate: шаркать , перемешивать, тасовать , ерзать...

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   To shuffle is to drag your feet slowly along the ground as you walk. A kid might shuffle reluctantly off to his room only after being told five times that it's bedtime. Shuffle also means to wiggle around, like if you shuffle uncomfortably in your seat while watching a five-hour movie.

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