4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shuffling  \Shuf"fling\,  a. 
  1.  Moving  with  a  dragging,  scraping  step.  ``A  shuffling 
  nag.''  --Shak. 
 
  2.  Evasive;  as  a  shuffling  excuse.  --T.  Burnet. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shuffling  \Shuf"fling\,  v. 
  In  a  shuffling  manner. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shuffle  \Shuf"fle\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Shuffled};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Shuffling}.]  [Originally  the  same  word  as  scuffle,  and 
  properly  a  freq.  of  shove.  See  {Shove},  and  {Scuffle}.] 
  1.  To  shove  one  way  and  the  other  to  push  from  one  to 
  another;  as  to  shuffle  money  from  hand  to  hand. 
 
  2.  To  mix  by  pushing  or  shoving;  to  confuse;  to  throw  into 
  disorder;  especially,  to  change  the  relative  positions  of 
  as  of  the  cards  in  a  pack. 
 
  A  man  may  shuffle  cards  or  rattle  dice  from  noon  to 
  midnight  without  tracing  a  new  idea  in  his  mind. 
  --Rombler. 
 
  3.  To  remove  or  introduce  by  artificial  confusion. 
 
  It  was  contrived  by  your  enemies,  and  shuffled  into 
  the  papers  that  were  seizen.  --Dryden. 
 
  {To  shuffe  off},  to  push  off  to  rid  one's  self  of 
 
  {To  shuffe  up},  to  throw  together  in  hastel  to  make  up  or 
  form  in  confusion  or  with  fraudulent  disorder;  as  he 
  shuffled  up  a  peace. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shuffling 
  adj  :  moving  about  or  around  "the  milling  crowd"  [syn:  {milling}] 
  n  1:  walking  with  a  slow  dragging  motion  without  lifting  your 
  feet  [syn:  {shamble},  {shambling},  {shuffle}] 
  2:  the  act  of  mixing  cards  haphazardly  [syn:  {shuffle},  {make}] 

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