ˈʃʌfl v. & n. --v. 1 tr. & intr.
move with a
scraping, sliding, or dragging
motion (shuffles
along; shuffling
his feet). 2 tr. a (also absol.)
rearrange (a pack of cards) by sliding
them over each other quickly. b rearrange;
intermingle;
confuse (shuffled
the documents). 3 tr. (usu. foll. by
on,
off, into)
assume or
remove (clothes, a
burden, etc.)
esp. clumsily or evasively (shuffled on his
clothes; shuffled off responsibility). 4 intr. a
equivocate;
prevaricate. b continually
shift one's
position;
fidget. 5 intr. (foll. by
out of)
escape evasively (shuffled out of the blame). --n. 1 a shuffling
movement. 2 the
act or an
instance of shuffling cards. 3 a
general change of
relative positions. 4 a
piece of equivocation;
sharp practice. 5 a
quick scraping movement of the
feet in dancing (see
also double shuffle). øshuffle-board =
SHOVELBOARD. shuffle the cards change policy etc. øøshuffler n. [perh. f. LG schuffeln
walk clumsily f. Gmc:
cf. SHOVE]
