shuffling (redirected from Monge shuffle)

shuf·fle  (shfl)

v. shuf·fled, shuf·fling, shuf·fles

v.tr.

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.

v.intr.

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.

n.

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. Games

a. An act of shuffling cards, dominoes, or tiles.

b. A player's right or turn to do this.

Phrasal Verb:

shuffle off

1. To get rid of; dispose of.

2. To evade or shirk (a responsibility, for example).

3. Informal To leave; depart.

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[Middle English shovelen, probably of Middle Dutch or Middle Low German origin.]

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shuffler n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shuffling - walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old" shamble, shambling, shuffle walk, walking - the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"
	2.	shuffling - the act of mixing cards haphazardly shuffle, make reordering - a rearrangement in a different order reshuffling, reshuffle - shuffling again; "the gambler demanded a reshuffle" riffle - shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners card game, cards - a game played with playing cards

Translations

shuffling

adj walk, steps, sound → schlurfend; the shuffling movement of a badger → das Watscheln eines Dachses