What does shamble mean?

Definitions for shamble
ˈʃæm bəlsham·ble

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. shamble, shambling, shuffle, shufflingverb

    walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet

    "from his shambling I assumed he was very old"

  2. shuffle, scuffle, shambleverb

    walk by dragging one's feet

    "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall"

Wiktionary

  1. shambleverb

    To walk while shuffling or dragging the feet.

    I wasn't too impressed with the fellow, when he shambled in unenthusiastically and an hour late.

ChatGPT

  1. shamble

    Shamble generally refers to a scene of disorder or destruction, or the action of walking or moving in a slow, awkward, or disorganized manner. It can also refer to a butcher's slaughterhouse in old English context. The term is often used to describe a lack of structure or organization.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Shamblenoun

    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. Shamblenoun

    a place where butcher's meat is sold

  3. Shamblenoun

    a place for slaughtering animals for meat

  4. Shambleverb

    to walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along

  5. Etymology: [OE. schamel a bench, stool, AS. scamel, sceamol, a bench, form, stool, fr. L. scamellum, dim. of scamnum a bench, stool.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Shamble

    sham′bl, v.i. to walk with an awkward, unsteady gait.—n. a shambling gait.—adj. Sham′bling. [Skeat refers to Dut. schampelen—O. Fr. s'escamper, to decamp.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of shamble in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of shamble in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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