shufflings
Slow scraping walks
Shufflings are instances of shuffling—dragging one's feet without lifting them fully, or rearranging items in a random or aimless way.
The word captures repeated or multiple occurrences: the shufflings of tired feet in the hallway, bureaucratic shufflings that delayed the project.
It may also describe the sounds such movements produce.
Changing the arrangement
- reorganizingArranging anew
- mixingCombining into one mass
- switchingChanging from one to another
- rotatingTurning on an axis
permutations · combinations · randomizing · redistributing · sorting · deck · cards · dealing
Moving smoothly across surface
- draggingPulling with effort
- scuffingSurface abrasion from friction
- shamblingAwkward, unsteady walking
- ploddingMoving slowly, heavily
trudging · scooting · shifting · ambling · hobbling · limping · tottering · slouching
Avoiding by moving aside
- hedgingNoncommittal maneuvering
- sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
- deflectingTurning from original path
- equivocatingSpeaking with deliberate ambiguity
stalling · hemming · hawing · prevaricating · waffling · backpedaling · avoidance · excuses
reordering
Changing the arrangement
- reorganizingArranging anew
- mixingCombining into one mass
- switchingChanging from one to another
rotating · permutations · combinations · randomizing · redistributing · sorting · deck · cards · dealing · cutting
sliding
Moving smoothly across surface
plodding · trudging · scooting · shifting · ambling · hobbling · limping · tottering · slouching · meandering
dodging
Avoiding by moving aside
- hedgingNoncommittal maneuvering
- sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
- deflectingTurning from original path
equivocating · stalling · hemming · hawing · prevaricating · waffling · backpedaling · avoidance · excuses · runaround
shufflingsstriding
Walking with long steps
strutting · goose-stepping · bounding · sprinting · prancing
shufflingssortings
Acts of arranging systematically
orderings · filing · arrangements · organizing · organizations
- card shufflingRandomizing deck order
- shuffling deck
- paper shufflingUnproductive clerical activity
- shuffling offLeaving with dragging feet
- shuffling gaitFeet-dragging walk pattern