- Shuffling
- Shuffling \Shuf"fling\, v. In a shuffling manner. [1913 Webster]
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Shuffling — Shuf fling, a. 1. Moving with a dragging, scraping step. A shuffling nag. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Evasive; as, a shuffling excuse. T. Burnet. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Shuffling — Shuffle redirects here. For other uses, see Shuffle (disambiguation). Shuffling is a procedure used to randomize a deck of playing cards to provide an element of chance in card games. Shuffling is often followed by a cut, to help ensure that the… … Wikipedia
Shuffling — Shuffle Shuf fle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shuffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shuffling}.] [Originally the same word as scuffle, and properly a freq. of shove. See {Shove}, and {Scuffle}.] 1. To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another; as,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shuffling — adj. Shuffling is used with these nouns: ↑gait … Collocations dictionary
Shuffling machine — A shuffling machine is a machine for randomly shuffling packs of playing cards. Because standard shuffling techniques are seen as weak, and in order to avoid inside jobs where employees collaborate with gamblers by performing inadequate shuffles … Wikipedia
shuffling — shufflingly, adv. /shuf ling/, adj. 1. moving in a dragging or clumsy manner. 2. prevaricating; evasive. [1570 80; SHUFFLE + ING2] * * * … Universalium
shuffling — 1. noun a) Action of the verb to shuffle. b) The noise created by something moving about. 2. adjective Of or relating to that which shuffles; tending to shuffle … Wiktionary
shuffling — Synonyms and related words: Micawberish, adrift, afloat, alternating, alternation, ambling, amorphous, backward, bickering, boggling, capricious, captious, captiousness, cautious, caviling, changeable, changeful, chicane, chicanery, choplogic,… … Moby Thesaurus
shuffling — shuf·fle || ʃʌfl n. slow dragging gait; evasion, avoidance; mixing of playing cards; mixture, jumble; sliding dance step v. mix, scramble; walk slowly while dragging one s feet; evade, avoid; rearrange the order of playing cards; make a… … English contemporary dictionary
shuffling — I. a. Quibbling, prevaricating, evasive, disingenuous. II. n. Trick, artifice, duplicity, fraud … New dictionary of synonyms
