About The Word Shamble
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Shamble
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What's The Definition Of Shamble?
[n] walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old"
[v] walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall" Synonyms | Synonyms for Shamble: scuffle | shambling | shuffle | shuffle | shuffling Related Terms | Find terms related to Shamble: See Also | drag | scuff | walk | walk | walking Shamble In Webster's Dictionary \Sham"ble\, n. [OE. schamel a bench, stool, AS. scamel,
sceamol, a bench, form, stool, fr. L. scamellum, dim. of
scamnum a bench, stool.]
1. (Mining) One of a succession of niches or platforms, one
above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively
from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher
level.
2. pl. A place where butcher's meat is sold.
As summer flies are in the shambles. --Shak.
3. pl. A place for slaughtering animals for meat.
To make a shambles of the parliament house. --Shak.
\Sham"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shambled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shambling}.] [Cf. OD. schampelen to slip, schampen to slip away, escape. Cf. {Scamble}, {Scamper}.] To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along. |
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