shuffler

shuffler
shuffle ► VERB 1) walk by dragging one's feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground. 2) restlessly shift one's position. 3) rearrange (a pack of cards) by sliding them over each other quickly. 4) (shuffle through) sort or look through (a number of things) hurriedly. 5) move (people or things) around into different positions or a different order. 6) (shuffle off/out of) get out of or avoid (a responsibility or obligation).
► NOUN 1) a shuffling movement, walk, or sound. 2) a quick dragging or scraping movement of the feet in dancing. 3) an act of shuffling a pack of cards. 4) a change of order or relative positions; a reshuffle. 5) a facility on a CD player for playing tracks in an arbitrary order.
DERIVATIVES shuffler noun.
ORIGIN perhaps from Low German schuffeln 'walk clumsily' , also 'deal dishonestly, shuffle (cards)' .

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