Tra từ shuffle - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

shuf·fle [shuffle shuffles shuffled shuffling] verb, noun BrE [ˈʃʌfl] NAmE [ˈʃʌfl]
verb
1. intransitive + adv./prep. to walk slowly without lifting your feet completely off the ground
•He shuffled across the room to the window.
•The line shuffled forward a little.
2. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) to move from one foot to another; to move your feet in an awkward or embarrassed way
•Jenny shuffled her feet and blushed with shame.
3. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) to mix cards up in a ↑pack of ↑playing cards before playing a game
•Shuffle the cards and deal out seven to each player.
4. transitive ~ sth to move paper or things into different positions or a different order
•I shuffled the documents on my desk.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: perhaps from Low German schuffeln ‘walk clumsily’, also ‘deal dishonestly, shuffle (cards)’, of Germanic origin; related to ↑shove and ↑scuffle.

Example Bank:
•Simon shuffled awkwardly towards them.
•Simon shuffled awkwardly up to them.
•The boys shuffled around uncomfortably.
•The crowd shuffled slowly forward.
•Don't worry, I should be able to shuffle some of the classes around.
•He nervously shuffled the papers on his desk.
•I shuffled the deck, then pulled a card out from the middle.
•She shuffled her feet nervously.
•She spent her day shuffling around the streets of London.
•The man shuffled off into the night.
Idioms: ↑lose somebody in the shuffle ▪ ↑on shuffle

noun usually singular
1. a slow walk in which you take small steps and do not lift your feet completely off the ground
•The old man walked with a shuffle.
•There was a shuffle of feet as the room emptied.
2. the act of mixing cards before a card game
•Give the cards a good shuffle.
3. a type of dancing in which you take small steps and do not lift your feet completely off the ground
4. = ↑reshuffle

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: perhaps from Low German schuffeln ‘walk clumsily’, also ‘deal dishonestly, shuffle (cards)’, of Germanic origin; related to ↑shove and ↑scuffle.