Lexic.us

Definition of Shuffling

1. Noun. Walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet. "From his shambling I assumed he was very old"

Definition of Shuffling

1. a. Moving with a dragging, scraping step.

2. v. In a shuffling manner.

Definition of Shuffling

1. Verb. (present participle of shuffle) ¹

2. Noun. Action of the verb ''to shuffle''. ¹

3. Noun. The noise created by something moving about. ¹

4. Adjective. Of or relating to that which shuffles; tending to shuffle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shuffling

1. shuffle [v] - See also: shuffle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shuffling

Literary usage of Shuffling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"... a little in the shoulders ; lie hath a shuffling gait that differs from all men ; wears his periwig down almost over his eyes; about 45 or 46 years old. ..."

2. The Century (1902)
"... from comment, from—ah—the immediately sank on his knees, and began shuffling of feet—in fact, from everything an invocation that lasted fifteen minutes, ..."

3. The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to by Henry Hallam (1876)
"enduro his shuffling evasions, and pay dearly for his base compliances; but when he saw himself no longer in need of them, it seems to have been in revenge ..."

4. History of the World War by Frank Herbert Simonds (1919)
"... investment of men and material at Salonica, in the shuffling policy with respect to Bulgaria in 1915, and with respect of Greece all through 1916. ..."

5. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"There was a great deal too much shuffling and shifting and "as you were-ing." The non-commissioned officers were snapping at the men, and I fancied ..."

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