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double-shuffling

double-shuffling is the present participle and gerund of double-shuffle.

Noun

double-shuffling (countable and uncountable, plural double-shufflings)

  1. The action of doing a double-shuffle.
    • To describe it is quite impossible, but, though there was a good deal of tossing of legs and double-shuffling, it seemed to our untutored minds to be more of a play than a dance[.]1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
  2. Double-dealing; treachery.
    • Suppose you write a letter now to Scotland Yard, admitting that you've been mistaken, and let me post it. Then there can't be any double shuffling.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

Meaning of double-shuffle

Verb

double-shuffle (third-person singular simple present double-shuffles, present participle double-shuffling, simple past and past participle double-shuffled)

  1. To make a shuffle twice.
  2. (drumming) To play a shuffle pattern with both hands.
  3. (Australia, colloquial) To double-clutch.

See all 6 meanings of double-shuffle

Forms of double-shuffling

pluraldouble-shufflings

Questions about double-shuffling

What does double-shuffling mean?
Double-shuffling means the action of doing a double-shuffle.
What is double-shuffling the present participle and gerund of?
Double-shuffling is the present participle and gerund of double-shuffle.
What part of speech is double-shuffling?
Double-shuffling is a noun.
What is the plural of double-shuffling?
The plural of double-shuffling is double-shufflings.

Words near double-shuffling in the dictionary

  1. double-shotted
  2. double-shotting
  3. double-shuffle
  4. double-shuffled
  5. double-shuffles
  6. double-shuffling
  7. double-shufflings
  8. double-sided
  9. double-sided dildo
  10. double-sided tape
  11. double-sided tapes

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