shuffling
Dragging your feet
Shuffling is walking without lifting the feet fully, producing a scraping or sliding sound: The old man came shuffling down the hallway.
It suggests slowness, weariness, or reluctance.
Shuffling also refers to rearranging cards or items into random order, or to evasive, noncommittal behavior: There was a lot of shuffling before anyone answered the question.
Conducting business transactions
- deckShip's flat surface
- casinoFacility for wagering
- pokerHearth implement for coals
- blackjackCard game to twenty-one
riffle · cutting · bridge · overhand · faro · wash · scrambling · randomizing
Awkward, unsteady walking
- trudgingWalking with difficulty
- draggingPulling with effort
- scuffingSurface abrasion from friction
- ploddingMoving slowly, heavily
hobbling · limping · faltering · tottering · slippers · elderly · weary · footsteps
Skilled lower-limb movement
- stepFoot movement forward
- slideSmooth continuous movement
- tapValve controlling liquid flow
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
rhythm · glide · moonwalk · soft-shoe · ballroom · swing · beat · tempo
Avoiding by moving aside
- sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
- equivocatingSpeaking with deliberate ambiguity
- hedgingNoncommittal maneuvering
- deflectingTurning from original path
stalling · avoiding · noncommittal · evasive · waffling · prevaricating · stonewalling · filibustering
Arranging anew
- reorderingChanging the arrangement
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- reassigningTransferring to different duties
repositioning · rotation · realignment · shakeup · personnel · lineup · roster · switching
dealing
Conducting business transactions
blackjack · riffle · cutting · bridge · overhand · faro · wash · scrambling · randomizing · croupier
shambling
Awkward, unsteady walking
plodding · hobbling · limping · faltering · tottering · slippers · elderly · weary · footsteps · slippered
footwork
Skilled lower-limb movement
groove · rhythm · glide · moonwalk · soft-shoe · ballroom · swing · beat · tempo · syncopation
dodging
Avoiding by moving aside
- sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
- equivocatingSpeaking with deliberate ambiguity
- hedgingNoncommittal maneuvering
deflecting · stalling · avoiding · noncommittal · evasive · waffling · prevaricating · stonewalling · filibustering · obfuscating
reorganizing
Arranging anew
- reorderingChanging the arrangement
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
reassigning · repositioning · rotation · realignment · shakeup · personnel · lineup · roster · switching · juggling
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- repositioningshifting, moving, repositioning, relocating, rearranging
- dominoestiles, pips, boneyard, spinner, double six
- gait problemslimp, limping, hobble, hobbling, waddle
- randomizationrandom, randomize, randomizer, RNG, random number generator
- muddlingmuddling, jumbling, scrambling, mixing up, disarranging
shufflingsorting
Arranging into sequence
ordering · arranging · organizing · sequencing · tidying
- card shufflingRandomizing deck order
- shuffling deck
- paper shufflingUnproductive clerical activity
- shuffling offLeaving with dragging feet
- shuffling gaitFeet-dragging walk pattern