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Webster 1913 Edition

Shuffling

Shuf′fling

,
Adj.
1.
Moving with a dragging, scraping step.
“A shuffling nag.”
Shak.
2.
Evasive;
as, a
shuffling
excuse
.
T. Burnet.

Shuf′fling

,
Verb.
In a shuffling manner.

Webster 1828 Edition

Shuffling

SHUF'FLING

,
ppr.
1. Moving by little shoves one way an the other; changing the places of cards; prevaricating; evading; playing tricks.
2. a. Evasive; as a shuffling excuse.

SHUF'FLING

,
Noun.
1. The act of throwing into confusion, or of changing the relative position of things by shoving or motion.
2. Trick; artifice; evasion.
3. An irregular gait.

Definition 2024

shuffling

shuffling

English

Verb

shuffling

  1. present participle of shuffle

Noun

shuffling ‎(plural shufflings)

  1. The act or motion of one who shuffles.
  2. The noise created by something moving about.
    • 2011, John O'Loughlin, Two Sides of the Same Coin
      He would also have been exposed to the coughings and shufflings, comings and goings, questions and answers, wailings and slammings, snivellings and sneezings, etc., which figured so prominently in the reference room […]
  3. (dated) trickery
    • Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill
      Then he warmed to it, and smoothly set out all his shifts, malices, and treacheries, his extreme boldnesses (he was desperate bold); his retreats, shufflings, and counterfeitings (he was also inconceivably a coward) […]

Adjective

shuffling ‎(comparative more shuffling, superlative most shuffling)

  1. Moving with a dragging, scraping step.
    • Shakespeare
      A shuffling nag.
  2. evasive
    • T. Burnet
      a shuffling excuse

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