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- Dictionaryshambles/ˈʃamblz/
plural
- 1. a state of total disorder: informal "my career was in a shambles" Similar
- 2. a butcher's slaughterhouse (archaic except in place names): "the shambles where the animals were slaughtered"
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a place or situation that is in a state of confusion or disorder: The morning after the party, the house was a complete shambles.
The meaning of SHAMBLES is a meat market. How to use shambles in a sentence. Did you know?
If a place, event, or situation is a shambles or is in a shambles, everything is in disorder. The ship's interior was an utter shambles. The economy is in a shambles.
What does shambles mean? A shambles is a place, situation, or other thing that’s in complete disorder. When shambles refers to a place, it typically indicates that it’s a mess or, more seriously, that it’s a scene of destruction, wreckage, or even carnage.
People say things are "in shambles" or "a shambles" — they mean the same thing. However you say it, a shambles is chaotic, disorderly, out of hand, and off the hook — a major, five-alarm mess. Definitions of shambles
SHAMBLE definition: 1. to walk slowly and awkwardly, without lifting your feet correctly: 2. to walk slowly and…. Learn more.
1. a. A scene or condition of complete disorder or ruin: "The economy was in a shambles" (W. Bruce Lincoln). b. Great clutter or jumble; a total mess: made dinner and left the kitchen a shambles. 2. a. A place or scene of bloodshed or carnage. b. A scene or condition of great devastation. 3. A slaughterhouse. 4.