Definition of shuffles Shuffles

/ʃʌˈfʌlz/ - [shufulz] -

We found 3 definitions of shuffles from 2 different sources.

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What does shuffles mean?

Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • shuffles (Noun)
    Plural of shuffle.

Part of speech

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  • shuffles, verb, present, 3rd person singular of shuffle (infinitive).
  • shuffles, noun, plural of shuffle.

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: shuffles

shuffle - the act of mixing cards haphazardly
  shuffling, make
  reordering a rearrangement in a different order
  card game, cards a game played with playing cards
  reshuffling, reshuffle shuffling again; "the gambler demanded a reshuffle"
shuffle - walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old"
  shamble, shambling, shuffling
  walking, walk the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"

Verb

shuffles, shuffling, shuffled  

shuffle - mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards"
  ruffle, mix
  manipulate treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed
  reshuffle reorganize and assign posts to different people; "The new Prime Minister reshuffled his cabinet"
  riffle shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix
  cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting"
shuffle - walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall"
  scuffle, shamble
  walk obtain a base on balls
  scuff, drag poke at with the foot or toe
shuffle - move about, move back and forth; "He shuffled his funds among different accounts in various countries so as to avoid the IRS"
  transfer, shift transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • shuffle (Noun)
    The act of shuffling cards.
  • shuffle (Noun)
    An instance of walking without lifting one's feet.
  • shuffle (Noun)
    A rhythm commonly used in blues music. Consists of a series of triplet notes with the middle note missing, so that it sounds like a long note followed by a short note. Sounds like a walker dragging one foot.
  • shuffle (Noun)
    A trick; an artifice; an evasion.
  • shuffle (Verb)
    To put in a random order.
  • shuffle (Verb)
    To walk or dance without picking up one's feet.
  • shuffle (Verb)
    To change; modify the order of something.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • shuffle (v. t.)
    To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another; as, to shuffle money from hand to hand.
  • shuffle (v. t.)
    To mix by pushing or shoving; to confuse; to throw into disorder; especially, to change the relative positions of, as of the cards in a pack.
  • shuffle (v. t.)
    To remove or introduce by artificial confusion.
  • shuffle (v. i.)
    To change the relative position of cards in a pack; as, to shuffle and cut.
  • shuffle (v. i.)
    To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.
  • shuffle (v. i.)
    To use arts or expedients; to make shift.
  • shuffle (v. i.)
    To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing.
  • shuffle (n.)
    The act of shuffling; a mixing confusedly; a slovenly, dragging motion.
  • shuffle (n.)
    A trick; an artifice; an evasion.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • shuffle
    shuf′l, v.t. to change the positions of: to confuse: to remove or introduce by purposed confusion.—v.i. to change the order of cards in a pack: to shift ground: to evade fair questions: to move by shoving the feet along.—n. act of shuffling: an evasion or artifice.—n. Shuff′ler.—p.adj. Shuff′ling, evasive, as an excuse.—adv. Shuff′lingly, in a shuffling manner: with an irregular gait: evasively.—To shuffle off, to thrust aside, put off. [A by-form of scuffle, thus conn. with shove and shovel.]

Part of speech

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  • shuffle, verb, present, 1st person singular of shuffle (infinitive).
  • shuffle, verb (infinitive).
  • shuffle, noun, singular of shuffles.

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