1. To slide (the feet) along the floor or ground while walking. 2. To move (something) from one place to another; transfer or shift. 3. To put aside or under cover quickly; shunt: shuffled the bill under a pile of junk mail.4. To mix together; jumble. 5. To mix together (playing cards or tiles, for example) so as to make a random order of arrangement.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To move with short sliding steps, without or barely lifting the feet: The crowd shuffled out of the theater.2. To dance casually with sliding and tapping steps. 3. To move about from place to place; shift: shuffled around looking for work.4. To act in a shifty or deceitful manner; equivocate. 5.Games To mix playing cards, tiles, or dominoes together so as to make their order random.
NOUN:
1. A short sliding step or movement, or a walk characterized by such steps. 2. A dance in which the feet slide along or move close to the floor. 3. An evasive or deceitful action; an equivocation. 4. A confused mixture; a jumble. 5.Gamesa. An act of shuffling cards, dominoes, or tiles. b. A player's right or turn to do this.
PHRASAL VERB:
shuffle off1. To get rid of; dispose of. 2. To evade or shirk (a responsibility, for example). 3.Informal To leave; depart.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English shovelen, probably of Middle Dutch or Middle Low German origin.
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