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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sham·ble (shăm'bəl) ![]() |
[Probably from obsolete shamble, awkward, ungainly, from Middle English schamil, butcher's table. See shambles.]
| Thesaurus: shamble |
| WordNet: shamble |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
Synonyms: shambling, shuffle, shuffling
The verb shamble has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
walk by dragging one's feet
Synonyms: shuffle, scuffle
| Translations: Shamble |
Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - stavre, humpe, sjokke
n. - sjokken, humpen
Nederlands (Dutch)
janboel, schuifelen
Français (French)
v. intr. - aller d'un pas traînant
n. - pagaille, désastre
Deutsch (German)
v. - schlurfen
n. - Schlurfen
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παραπαίω, σέρνομαι, τρεκλίζω
n. - τρίκλισμα
Italiano (Italian)
strascicare i piedi, passo strascicato
Português (Portuguese)
v. - arrojar, arrastar
n. - cambaleio (m)
Русский (Russian)
неуклюжая походка, волочить ноги
Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - andar arrastrando los pies
n. - desbarajuste, confusión
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - lufsa, sjava, hasa
n. - lufsande gång, tunga släpande steg
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
蹒跚地走, 摇摇晃晃地走, 蹒跚, 摇晃的脚步
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 蹣跚地走, 搖搖晃晃地走
n. - 蹣跚, 搖晃的腳步
한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 휘청휘청 걷다, 비틀거리다, 발을 질질 끌며 걷다
n. - 비틀거림, 휘청거리는 걸음걸이
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - よろよろ歩き, よろめき
v. - よろよろ歩く
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يمشي متثاقل (الاسم) مشي متثاقل
עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - הלך בכבדות, השתרך
n. - גרירת רגליים, השתרכות
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