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shamble

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sham·ble  (shmbl)
intr.v. sham·bled, sham·bling, sham·bles
To walk in an awkward, lazy, or unsteady manner, shuffling the feet.
n.
A shuffling gait.

[Probably from obsolete shamble, awkward, ungainly, from Middle English schamil, butcher's table; see shambles.]

shamble [ˈʃæmbəl]
vb
(intr) to walk or move along in an awkward or unsteady way
n
an awkward or unsteady walk
[from shamble (adj) ungainly, perhaps from the phrase shamble legs legs resembling those of a meat vendor's table; see shambles]
shambling  adj & n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.shamble - walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old"
walk, walking - the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"
Verb1.shamble - walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall"
walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"
scuff, drag - walk without lifting the feet

shamble
verb shuffle, stumble, lurch, limp, lumber, drag your feet The conductor shambled to the next carriage.
Translations
shamble [ˈʃæmbl] VI (also shamble along) → andar arrastrando los pies
he shambled across to the windowfue arrastrando los pies a la ventana

shamble
vitrotten; (people also)latschen (inf); every morning he shambles in half an hour lateer kommt jeden Morgen eine halbe Stunde zu spät angelatscht (inf)

shamble [ˈʃæmbl] vi to shamble in/outentrare/uscire trascinando i piedi
shamble [ˈʃæmbl] vi to shamble in/outentrare/uscire trascinando i piedi

shamble
v shamble [ˈʃӕmbl]
to walk slowly and awkwardly, (as if) not lifting one's feet properly off the ground The old man shambled wearily along the street. slenter يَمْشي مُتَثاقِلا влача се šourat se sjoske watscheln σέρνω τα βήματά μου andar arrastrando los pies jalgu järel vedama تلوتلو خوردن laahustaa marcher en traînant les pieds לְהַלֵך בִּכבֵדוּת पैर घसीटकर चलना geganje, gegav hod csoszog berjalan terseok-seok skjögra (camminatre strascicando i piedi) よろよろ歩く 휘청거리다 dūlinti, sliūkinti šļūkāt berjalan menyeret schuifelen subbe, slepe (seg) powłóczyć nogami arrastar-se a merge târându-şi picioa­rele тащиться vliecť sa vleči se gegati se lufsa, sjava, gå med tunga (hasande) steg เดินลากขา ayaklarını sürüyerek yürümek 蹣跚地走 тягнути ноги, тягтися لنگراتے ہوئے چلنا kéo lê


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Wait, please; you betray too much vigor, too much decision; you want more of a shamble.
I put the cheeses on the top, and we started off at a shamble that would have done credit to the swiftest steam-roller ever built, and all went merry as a funeral bell, until we turned the corner.
At one time it would be Ikki the Porcupine, full of news of good feed just a little farther on; at another Mang would cry cheerily and flap down a glade to show it was all empty; or Baloo, his mouth full of roots, would shamble alongside a wavering line and half frighten, half romp it clumsily back to the proper road.
 
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