SHUFFLE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SHUFFLE?

Need another word that means the same as “shuffle”? Find 19 synonyms and 30 related words for “shuffle” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Shuffle” are: mix, ruffle, scuffle, shamble, drag one's feet, stumble, lumber, scrape, drag, scratch, grind, scuff, mix up, mingle, intermix, make, shuffling, shambling

Shuffle as a Noun

Definitions of "Shuffle" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “shuffle” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A piece of music for or in the style of a shuffle.
• Walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet.
• A dance performed with quick dragging or scraping movements of the feet.
• A piece of equivocation or subterfuge.
• A quick dragging or scraping movement of the feet in dancing.
• A facility on a music player for playing tracks in an arbitrary order.
• A rhythmic motif based on a shuffle dance step and typical of early jazz, consisting of alternating crotchets and quavers in a triplet pattern.
• A change of order or relative positions; a reshuffle.
• A shuffling movement, walk, or sound.
• An act of shuffling a pack of cards.
• The act of mixing cards haphazardly.

Synonyms of "Shuffle" as a noun (4 Words)

Usage Examples of "Shuffle" as a noun

• Violet tried on a top hat and did a brief vaudeville shuffle.
• It's the usual blend of boogie, shuffle, and ballad.
• There was a shuffle of approaching feet.
• A shuffle facility.
• The Prime Minister may have to consider a cabinet shuffle in the spring.
• I had my iPod on shuffle and ‘Eleanor Rigby’ just happened to begin playing.
• The discard is removed from the deck until the next shuffle.

Shuffle as a Verb

Definitions of "Shuffle" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “shuffle” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Move (people or things) around so as to occupy different positions or to be in a different order.
• Shift one's position while sitting or move one's feet while standing, typically because of boredom, nervousness, or embarrassment.
• Mix so as to make a random order or arrangement.
• Rearrange (a pack of cards) by sliding them over each other quickly.
• Walk by dragging one's feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground.
• Move about, move back and forth.
• Walk by dragging one's feet.
• Get out of (a difficult situation) in an underhand way.
• Put part of one's body into (an item of clothing), typically in a clumsy way.
• Play or arrange (tracks on a music player) in a random order.
• Sort or look through (a number of things) hurriedly.
• Behave in a shifty or evasive manner.

Synonyms of "Shuffle" as a verb (15 Words)

Usage Examples of "Shuffle" as a verb

• He shuffles out of the consequences by vague charges of undue influence.
• He shuffled the cards and cut the deck.
• She shuffled her papers into a neat pile.
• Mr Milles did not frankly own it, but seem'd to shuffle about it.
• He shuffled out of the room.
• Christine shuffled uneasily in her chair.
• I stepped into my skis and shuffled to the edge of the steep slope.
• The selectors have been shuffling their resources in recent matches.
• Ben shuffled his feet in the awkward silence.
• Anybody who has played skat with my gran knows how to shuffle without dropping the cards.
• He shuffled his funds among different accounts in various countries so as to avoid the IRS.
• Shuffle the cards.
• He shuffled through the papers.
• My father shuffled his money around various building societies.
• The control lets you shuffle or skip songs by flicking the phone with your wrist.
• She shuffled her feet into a pair of shoes.

Associations of "Shuffle" (30 Words)