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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.
n.
A shuffling gait.
[Probably from obsolete shamble, awkward, ungainly, from Middle English schamil, butcher's table; see shambles.]
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shamble
(ˈʃæmbəl)vb
(intr) to walk or move along in an awkward or unsteady way
n
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.
n. 2. a shambling gait.
[1675–85]
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shamble
Past participle: shambled
Gerund: shambling
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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" |
| Verb | 1. | shamble - walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall" 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" |
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shamble
verb shuffle, stumble, lurch, limp, lumber, drag your feet The conductor shambled to the next carriage.
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shamble
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Translations
يَمْشي مُتَثاقِلا
šourat se
sjoske
laahustaaraahustaa
skjögra
dūlintisliūkinti
šļūkāt
shamble
[ˈʃæmbl] VI (also shamble along) → andar arrastrando los pieshe shambled across to the window → fue arrastrando los pies a la ventana
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shamble
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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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