shamble

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sham·ble

(shăm′bəl)

intr.v. sham·bled, sham·bling, sham·bles

To walk in an awkward, lazy, or unsteady manner, shuffling the feet.

A shuffling gait.

[Probably from obsolete shamble, awkward, ungainly, from Middle English schamil, butcher's table; see shambles.]

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shamble

(ˈʃæmbəl)

(intr) to walk or move along in an awkward or unsteady way

an awkward or unsteady walk

[C17: from shamble (adj) ungainly, perhaps from the phrase shamble legs legs resembling those of a meat vendor's table; see shambles]

ˈshambling adj, n

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sham•ble

(ˈʃæm bəl)

v. -bled, -bling,
n. v.i.

1. to walk or move awkwardly; shuffle.

2. a shambling gait.

[1675–85]

shamble

Past participle: shambled
Gerund: shambling

Imperative
shamble
shamble

Present
I shamble
you shamble
he/she/it shambles
we shamble
you shamble
they shamble

Preterite
I shambled
you shambled
he/she/it shambled
we shambled
you shambled
they shambled

Present Continuous
I am shambling
you are shambling
he/she/it is shambling
we are shambling
you are shambling
they are shambling

Present Perfect
I have shambled
you have shambled
he/she/it has shambled
we have shambled
you have shambled
they have shambled

Past Continuous
I was shambling
you were shambling
he/she/it was shambling
we were shambling
you were shambling
they were shambling

Past Perfect
I had shambled
you had shambled
he/she/it had shambled
we had shambled
you had shambled
they had shambled

Future
I will shamble
you will shamble
he/she/it will shamble
we will shamble
you will shamble
they will shamble

Future Perfect
I will have shambled
you will have shambled
he/she/it will have shambled
we will have shambled
you will have shambled
they will have shambled

Future Continuous
I will be shambling
you will be shambling
he/she/it will be shambling
we will be shambling
you will be shambling
they will be shambling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been shambling
you have been shambling
he/she/it has been shambling
we have been shambling
you have been shambling
they have been shambling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been shambling
you will have been shambling
he/she/it will have been shambling
we will have been shambling
you will have been shambling
they will have been shambling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been shambling
you had been shambling
he/she/it had been shambling
we had been shambling
you had been shambling
they had been shambling

Conditional
I would shamble
you would shamble
he/she/it would shamble
we would shamble
you would shamble
they would shamble

Past Conditional
I would have shambled
you would have shambled
he/she/it would have shambled
we would have shambled
you would have shambled
they would have shambled

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Noun	1.	shamble - walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old" shambling, shuffling, shuffle walk, walking - the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"
Verb	1.	shamble - walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall" scuffle, shuffle walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" scuff, drag - walk without lifting the feet

shamble

verb shuffle, stumble, lurch, limp, lumber, drag your feet The conductor shambled to the next carriage.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

shamble

verb

To drag (the feet) along the floor or ground while walking:

scuff, scuffle, shuffle.

Translations

يَمْشي مُتَثاقِلا

šourat se

sjoske

watscheln

laahustaaraahustaa

skjögra

strascicare i piedi

dūlintisliūkinti

šļūkāt

subbe

ayaklarını sürüyerek yürümek

蹒跚地走

shamble

[ˈʃæmbl] VI (also shamble along) → andar arrastrando los pies
he shambled across to the window → fue arrastrando los pies a la ventana

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

shamble

vi → trotten; (people also) → latschen (inf); every morning he shambles in half an hour late → er kommt jeden Morgen eine halbe Stunde zu spät angelatscht (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

shamble

[ˈʃæmbl] vi to shamble in/out → entrare/uscire trascinando i piedi

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

shamble

(ˈʃӕmbl) verb

to walk slowly and awkwardly, (as if) not lifting one's feet properly off the ground. The old man shambled wearily along the street.

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When it cleared again the place was a shambles. Wilson and eight others were wriggling on the top of each other on the floor, and the blood and the brown sherry on that table turn me sick now when I think of it.

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When about to be sent to the same market, an older sister went to the shambles, to plead with the wretch who owned them, for the love of God, to spare his victims.

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JOSH TAYLOR insists it would be a "shambles" if he does not fulfil his dream of an Edinburgh Castle scrap.

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