reshuffle
reshuffle verb: to shuffle something again, especially playing cards.
Verb
reshuffle (third-person singular simple present reshuffles, present participle reshuffling, simple past and past participle reshuffled)
- To shuffle something again, especially playing cards.
- To reorganize or rearrange something, especially government posts.
- The girls are constantly reshuffled into new permutations in order to feed the J-pop market's insatiable demand for fresh looks and faces.2005 August 21, Chris Campion, “J-Pop's dream factory”, in The Observer, →ISSN, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2021
Noun
reshuffle (plural reshuffles)
- An instance of reshuffling, a reorganization.
- The changeover to almost exclusive electric and diesel working on the London-Ashford-Kent Coast main line at the beginning of the summer timetable naturally initiated a widespread reshuffle of steam motive power, involving some moves of considerable interest.1961 August, “Motive Power Miscellany: Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 505
- Danny Higginbotham was the only survivor from the weekend win over Bolton - but the Stoke captain lasted just 10 minutes before being forced off injured. That meant a reshuffle to the visitors' defence who were the busier in a lacklustre first half.2011 January 18, David Dulin, “Cardiff 0 - 2 Stoke”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2011
reshuffle meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
reshuffle in Tamil
- கலைத்தமை, திருத்தியமை, மாற்றியமை, மறு நிலைபெயர், மாற்றமின்றிக் கலைத்தமை
reshuffle in Bengali
- reshuffle
- রদবদল rodbodol
reshuffle in Malayalam
- restructure, reorganize, rearrange
- പുനസംഘടിപ്പിക്കുക, അഴിച്ചുപണിയുക, അഴിച്ചിട്ടുകൂട്ടുക, ഉടച്ചുവാർക്കുക, പുനഃസംവിധാനം ചെയ്യുക, മാറ്റംവരുത്തുക
- restructuring, reorganization, change
- പുനസംഘടന, പുനഃസംവിധാനം, ഇളക്കി പ്രതിഷ്ഠിക്കൽ, പുനസംഘടിപ്പിക്കൽ, മാറ്റം വരുത്തൽ, പുനക്രമീകരണം
reshuffle in Kannada
- ಹಕ್ಕು, ಅದಲುಬದಲು, ಬದಲಾವಣೆ
More languagesFewer languages
- reshuffle in Tagalog
- balasahin
Examples of reshuffle in a sentence
- Simpson had also been due to meet new Rail Minister Kevin Foster, but that too had to be cancelled on the day because of a further reshuffle.2023 January 11, Maggie Simpson tells Tom Allett, “Freight's champion”, in RAIL, number 974, page 41:
- Noem, the homeland security secretary, knew that a reshuffle in Minneapolis was bad news for her.2026 January 28, “Nervous Allies and Fox News: How Trump Realized He Had a Big Problem in Minneapolis”, in The New York Times, New York...
Forms of reshuffle
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | reshuffles |
| present participle | reshuffling |
| past participle | reshuffled |
| past | reshuffled |
| Noun | |
| plural | reshuffles |
Origin of reshuffle
From re- + shuffle.
Words formed from reshuffle
Phrases with reshuffle
Words that rhyme with reshuffle
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Questions about reshuffle
- What does reshuffle mean?
- Reshuffle means to shuffle something again, especially playing cards.
- What is reshuffle in Tamil?
- Reshuffle in Tamil is கலைத்தமை, திருத்தியமை, மாற்றியமை. See Reshuffle meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use reshuffle in a sentence?
- Simpson had also been due to meet new Rail Minister Kevin Foster, but that too had to be cancelled on the day because of a further reshuffle.
- What part of speech is reshuffle?
- Reshuffle can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of reshuffle?
- The past tense of reshuffle is reshuffled.
Words near reshuffle in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: reshuffle (page history and authors); reshuffle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); রদবদল (Bengali) (page history and authors); reshuffle (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); reshuffle (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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