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Dictionary: sham·ble   (shăm'bəl) pronunciation
intr.v., -bled, -bling, -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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verb

    To drag (the feet) along the floor or ground while walking: scuff, scuffle, shuffle. See move/halt.

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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


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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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