shuffle
To change the order of things so they are mixed up.
To rearrange items, such as cards or a playlist, into a random or different order.
To walk slowly without lifting your feet much.
To walk without lifting your feet completely from the ground, often slowly or without energy.
To move papers or things around while looking for something.
To push or move papers or small objects around, often while looking for something.
A way of walking slowly without lifting your feet much.
A slow walk in which the feet are not lifted fully from the ground.
A dance where you move your feet quickly with small slides and steps.
A dance style involving sliding, shuffling steps and quick heel movements, often to electronic music.
- Base: shuffle
- Plural: shuffles
- Base: shuffle
- 3rd Person Singular: shuffles
- Present Participle: shuffling
- Past: shuffled
on shuffle
1Playing media in random order
When songs or videos play in a random order automatically.
- I always listen to my music on shuffle.
- We put the playlist on shuffle for variety.
shuffle along
1Move forward slowly dragging feet
To move forward slowly without lifting your feet much.
- The queue shuffled along toward the entrance.
- He shuffled along, deep in thought.
shuffle through
1Move items around while checking/searching them
To move papers or small things around while looking at them or for something specific.
- She shuffled through her notes before speaking.
- He shuffled through old photographs in the box.
shuffle off this mortal coil
1Die (literary euphemism)
A literary way of saying 'to die'.
- Many great artists have shuffled off this mortal coil too soon.
- He often quoted Hamlet and talked about what it means to shuffle off this mortal coil.
- He eventually shuffled off this mortal coil at the age of 92.
- The novel opens with the narrator calmly preparing to shuffle off this mortal coil.