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shuffling

[shuhf-ling]

adjective

  1. moving in a dragging or clumsy manner.

  2. prevaricating; evasive.



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Other Word Forms

  • shufflingly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of shuffling1

First recorded in 1570–80; shuffle + -ing 2
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The workers who would typically be shuffling up and down the strawberry rows were largely absent.

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They have debts that they are shuffling between credit cards and no prospect of moving out of their two-bedroom council flat in Woolwich, London.

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I made noise intentionally to feel less alone, making broth in the kitchen and shuffling through her bookshelf.

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He accused Labour of "shuffling things around and making empty promises".

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It was Wonder, shuffling out from the wings wearing his signature shades and beret to join his old friend for — well, for what?

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