What does shuffling mean?

Definitions for shuffling
shuf·fling

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word shuffling.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. shamble, shambling, shuffle, shufflingnoun

    walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet

    "from his shambling I assumed he was very old"

  2. shuffle, shuffling, makenoun

    the act of mixing cards haphazardly

Wiktionary

  1. shufflingnoun

    Action of the verb to shuffle.

  2. shufflingnoun

    The noise created by something moving about.

  3. shufflingadjective

    Of or relating to that which shuffles; tending to shuffle.

Wikipedia

  1. Shuffling

    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 shuffler has not manipulated the outcome.

ChatGPT

  1. shuffling

    Shuffling generally refers to the act of rearranging a set of items in a random order or configuration. It is commonly used in context of playing cards, where cards are mixed up to ensure randomness in their distribution. More broadly, it can also refer to any type of randomization or movement that disrupts an existing order. Additionally, it can also refer to an unsteady or shuffling walk.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Shuffling

    of Shuffle

  2. Shufflingadjective

    moving with a dragging, scraping step

  3. Shufflingadjective

    evasive; as, a shuffling excuse

  4. Shuffling

    in a shuffling manner

Wikidata

  1. Shuffling

    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 shuffler has not manipulated the outcome.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of shuffling in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of shuffling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of shuffling in a Sentence

  1. Tim Clark:

    Clearly there were process and practices, attitudes - DNA if you like - that needed to be resolved from the top down. It is pointless shuffling the deck.

  2. Professor Darren Griffin:

    We think it generates variation. Having a lot of chromosomes enables dinosaurs to shuffle their genes around much more than other types of animals. This shuffling means that dinosaurs can evolve more quickly and so help them survive so long as the planet changed.

  3. Tory Bruno:

    There will be corrective action, i’m still confident that we’re going to get all the missions off within a year, but there’s going to be a little shuffling around.

  4. Phil Robertson:

    This is a tally sheet exercise, with the Thai side trying to figure how many cases and how many officials the U.S. government wants prosecuted in order to give an upgrade, thailand's efforts this year have been a lot of talk, shuffling of assignments at government inter-agency committees, but little substantive action to effectively end trafficking.

  5. Tory Bruno:

    I’m still confident that we’re going to get all the missions off within a year, but there’s going to be a little shuffling around.

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