shuffling

[ shuhf-ling ]

adjective

1. moving in a dragging or clumsy manner.
2. prevaricating; evasive.

Other Words From

• shuffling·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of shuffling¹

First recorded in 1570–80; shuffle + -ing ²

Example Sentences

Some researchers have suggested that shuffling is a way of keeping a music collection fresh, while avoiding the overlistening phenomenon.

From Popular-Science

Starliner’s road to the ISS has been a $5 billion, multiyear journey plagued more recently by software issues, a management shuffling, a failed first launch attempt and a NASA probe.

From Washington Post

It’s likely that the 4a, 4a 5G and 5 were already pretty far into development when Google started its executive shuffling.

From TechCrunch

Now the editorial team is 25% people of color—“I needed certain lieutenants in place,” he says—and similar shufflings are being called for over at Condé Nast in New York.

From Time

SARS-CoV-2 is not the result of genetic shuffling among known coronaviruses, the researchers report July 28 in Nature Microbiology.

From Science News

Today we are seeing yet another shuffling of the deck among American regions.

From The Daily Beast

Then, shuffling, she surreptitiously grabs the one he chose with her mouth while pretending to cut the deck.

From The Daily Beast

In Singapore, I was a Brady at last, shuffling alongside an endless stream of siblings.

From The Daily Beast

Shuffling around the ring he has the footwork of a tyrannosaurus.

From The Daily Beast

More shuffling, another number was called and the cops began bundling the little man out.

From The Daily Beast

He turned and hurried away to one of the far cottages, where Mademoiselle Reisz was shuffling away.

From Project Gutenberg

The Wave swept him forward irresistibly, his very soul, it seemed, went shuffling to find solid ground.

From Project Gutenberg

Gradually the muffled beat of hoofs grew more pronounced, a shuffling monotone that filled the night.

From Project Gutenberg

Shorthouse, shuffling with the key and hampered by the steady weight on his arm, certainly felt the solemnity of the moment.

From Project Gutenberg

The corridors were full of the sound of shuffling feet, and of shouting and gesticulating people.

From Project Gutenberg

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