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shuffled

shuffled is the simple past and past participle of shuffle.

Meaning of shuffle

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) To put in a random order.
    • Don't forget to shuffle the cards.
  2. To change; modify the order of something.
    • But, rather than make a change up front, Hughes shuffled his defence for this match, replacing Carlos Salcido with Baird, in a move which few would have predicted would prove decisive.2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 – 2 Fulham”, in BBC Sport
  3. (ambitransitive) To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing.
    • He shuffled out of the room.
  4. To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.
    • I myself, […] hiding mine honour in my necessity, am fain to shuffle.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    Synonyms:
    shamble, scuff
  5. To use arts or expedients; to make shift.
    • Your life, good master, / Must shuffle for itself.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
  6. To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another.
    • to shuffle money from hand to hand

See all 13 meanings of shuffle

Adjective

shuffled

  1. Jumbled together.

Words formed from shuffled

Phrases with shuffled

Questions about shuffled

What does shuffled mean?
Shuffled means jumbled together.
What is shuffled the simple past and past participle of?
Shuffled is the simple past and past participle of shuffle.
What part of speech is shuffled?
Shuffled is an adjective.

Words near shuffled in the dictionary

  1. shuffleboard tables
  2. shuffleboarder
  3. shuffleboarders
  4. shuffleboards
  5. shufflecap
  6. shuffled
  7. shuffled off
  8. shuffled off this mortal coil
  9. shuffled the cards
  10. shuffled the chairs on the deck of the Titanic
  11. shuffled the deckchairs on the Titanic

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