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shambling

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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.]
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Noun1.shambling - walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old"
shamble, shuffling, shuffle
walk, walking - the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"
shambling
adjective clumsy, awkward, shuffling, lurching, lumbering, unsteady, ungainly, unco Austral. (slang)


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He ran once, but the long gown clogged him so that he slowed down into a shambling walk, and finally plumped into the heather once more.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
A shuffling quick step on the path; a running grumble of unmistakable threats; a shambling moonlit figure seen in glimpses through the leaves, very near us for an instant, then hidden by the shrubbery as he passed within a few yards of our hiding-place.
Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. View in context
She passed on, walking with a curious, shambling gait, and soon she disappeared on her way to the village.
The Vanished Messenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
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