shuffler

/'ʃʌflə/

Thân thiện

An elderly man with a shuffler gait walks slowly down the sidewalk.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who shuffles: Specifically, someone who mixes up playing cards to randomize their order before a game.
   • A person who walks without lifting their feet: Someone who walks with a slow, dragging gait, making a shuffling sound.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • As the designated shuffler, he mixed the deck thoroughly before dealing.
  • The old man was a slow shuffler, his slippers scraping along the floor.

Advanced Usage

• "A poor shuffler": Can describe someone who shuffles cards ineffectively, potentially leaving them in a predictable order.
  • He lost the card game because he was a poor shuffler and the cards weren't randomized.
• "An aimless shuffler": Can describe someone who walks slowly and without clear purpose or direction.
  • The lost tourist was an aimless shuffler through the crowded streets.

Variants and Related Words

• Shuffle (verb): To mix cards randomly; to walk without lifting the feet completely.
  • Please shuffle the deck. He shuffled into the room.
• Shuffling (noun/adj): The act of shuffling; describing a dragging walk.
  • The shuffling of cards was the only sound. He heard a shuffling noise in the hallway.

Synonyms

• For a card shuffler: Card mixer, dealer (when also dealing).
• For a person who shuffles while walking: Dragger, scuffer.

Related Phrases

• "To be stuck as the shuffler": To be consistently given the task of shuffling cards in a game.
  • In our weekly poker game, I'm always stuck as the shuffler.

Học thuật

Noun

1. someone who walks without raising the feet
2. the card player who shuffles the cards