Shuffle

English Meaning

To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another; as, to shuffle money from hand to hand.

1. To slide (the feet) along the floor or ground while walking.
2. To move (something) from one place to another; transfer or shift.
3. To put aside or under cover quickly; shunt: shuffled the bill under a pile of junk mail.
4. To mix together; jumble.
5. To mix together (playing cards or tiles, for example) so as to make a random order of arrangement.
6. To move with short sliding steps, without or barely lifting the feet: The crowd shuffled out of the theater.
7. To dance casually with sliding and tapping steps.
8. To move about from place to place; shift: shuffled around looking for work.
9. To act in a shifty or deceitful manner; equivocate.
10. Games To mix playing cards, tiles, or dominoes together so as to make their order random.
11. A short sliding step or movement, or a walk characterized by such steps.
12. A dance in which the feet slide along or move close to the floor.
13. An evasive or deceitful action; an equivocation.
14. A confused mixture; a jumble.
15. Games An act of shuffling cards, dominoes, or tiles.
16. Games A player's right or turn to do this.
17. shuffle off To get rid of; dispose of.
18. shuffle off To evade or shirk (a responsibility, for example).
19. shuffle off Informal To leave; depart.