VERB | motion | shuffle, scuffle, shamble | walk by dragging one's feet |
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motion | shuffle | move about, move back and forth | |
contact | shuffle, ruffle, mix | mix so as to make a random order or arrangement | |
NOUN | act | shuffle, shuffling, make | the act of mixing cards haphazardly |
act | shuffle, shamble, shambling, shuffling | walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet |
Sounds | shah'fahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | The act of mixing cards haphazardly. | |
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Synonyms | shuffling, make | |
Part of | card game, cards | A game / game played with playing cards |
Narrower | reshuffle, reshuffling | shuffling again |
riffle | shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners | |
Broader | reordering | A rearrangement in a different order |
Spanish | barajadura, barajar | |
Catalan | barreja | |
Verbs | shuffle | mix so as to make a random order or arrangement |
Meaning | walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet. | |
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Synonyms | shamble, shambling, shuffling | |
Broader | walk, walking | The act of traveling by foot |
Verbs | shuffle | walk by dragging one's feet |
Meaning | walk by dragging one's feet. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
Model | The children shuffle to the playground | |
Example | "he shuffled out of the room" | |
Synonyms | scuffle, shamble | |
Narrower | scuff, drag | walk without lifting the feet |
Broader | walk | Use one's feet to advance |
Spanish | arrastrar los pies | |
Catalan | deambular, ronsejar | |
Nouns | shuffle, shuffling | walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet |
shuffler | someone who walks without raising the feet |
Meaning | Move about, move back and forth. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
Example | "He shuffled his funds among different accounts in various countries so as to avoid the IRS" | |
Broader | transfer, shift | Move around |
Spanish | transferir |
Meaning | mix so as to make a random order or arrangement. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "shuffle the cards" | |
Synonyms | ruffle, mix | |
Narrower | cut | divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult |
reshuffle | shuffle again | |
riffle | shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix | |
Broader | manipulate | hold something in one's hands and move it |
Spanish | barajar, mezclar, revolver | |
Catalan | barrejar, escartejar, mesclar, remenar | |
Nouns | shuffle, shuffling | the act of mixing cards haphazardly |
shuffler | the card player who shuffles the cards |
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