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shambled

shambled is the simple past and past participle of shamble.

Meaning of shamble

Verb

shamble (third-person singular simple present shambles, present participle shambling, simple past and past participle shambled)

  1. To walk while shuffling or dragging the feet.
    • I wasn't too impressed with the fellow, when he shambled in unenthusiastically and an hour late.
    Synonyms:
    shuffle, stagger

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Questions about shambled

What is shambled the simple past and past participle of?
Shambled is the simple past and past participle of shamble.

Words near shambled in the dictionary

  1. Shambaugh
  2. Shambaughs
  3. Shambhala
  4. Shambhavi
  5. shamble
  6. shambled
  7. shambler
  8. shamblers
  9. shambles
  10. Shamblin
  11. shambling

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