SHAMBLING

shamble, shambling, shuffle, shuffling

(noun) walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; “from his shambling I assumed he was very old”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

shambling

present participle of shamble

Adjective

shambling (comparative more shambling, superlative most shambling)

Who walks while dragging or shuffling the feet.

Noun

shambling (plural shamblings)

An awkward, irregular gait.

Source: Wiktionary


Sham"bling, a.

Definition: Characterized by an awkward, irregular pace; as, a shambling trot; shambling legs.

Sham"bling, n.

Definition: An awkward, irregular gait.

SHAMBLE

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



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Word of the Day

31 May 2024

EMBARRASSMENT

(noun) some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; “the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals”


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