- present participle of shuffle.
shuffling
Americanadjective
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moving in a dragging or clumsy manner.
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prevaricating; evasive.
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The shuffling confusion of the Central Registry recalls the Circumlocution Office in Dickens’s “Little Dorrit.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Zone One” is a smart take on the shuffling hordes and pandemic survivors who try to take Manhattan back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Those supports are a vital part of a long-term-care plan, and could do more to help stretch funds than any shuffling around of index funds or tax strategizing.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
If Tuchel does know his best team, he is hiding it well – and the amount of shuffling on the flanks and in defence suggests he does not.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
The desk guard slowly put down the papers he was shuffling through and gazed at Yuni with cold eyes.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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