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shamble, shambling, shuffle, shuffling
(noun) walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; “from his shambling I assumed he was very old”
shuffle, scuffle, shamble
(verb) walk by dragging one’s feet; “he shuffled out of the room”; “We heard his feet shuffling down the hall”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shamble (third-person singular simple present shambles, present participle shambling, simple past and past participle shambled)
To walk while shuffling or dragging the feet.
• shuffle
shamble (plural shambles)
(mining) One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.
• hambles
Source: Wiktionary
Sham"ble, n. Etym: [OE. schamel a bench, stool, AS. scamel, sceamol, a bench, form, stool, fr. L. scamellum, dim. of scamnum a bench, stool.]
1. (Mining)
Definition: One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.
2. pl.
Definition: A place where butcher's meat is sold. As summer flies are in the shambles. Shak.
3. pl.
Definition: A place for slaughtering animals for meat. To make a shambles of the parliament house. Shak.
Sham"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shambled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shambling.] Etym: [Cf. OD. schampelen to slip, schampen to slip away, escape. Cf. Scamble, Scamper.]
Definition: To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 May 2025
(adjective) expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance; “her amatory affairs”; “amorous glances”; “a romantic adventure”; “a romantic moonlight ride”
According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.