What does shamble mean?
Definitions for shamble
ˈʃæm bəlsham·ble
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Princeton's WordNet
shamble, shambling, shuffle, shufflingverb
walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
"from his shambling I assumed he was very old"
shuffle, scuffle, shambleverb
walk by dragging one's feet
"he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall"
Wiktionary
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
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
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
Shamblenoun
a place where butcher's meat is sold
Shamblenoun
a place for slaughtering animals for meat
Shambleverb
to walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along
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
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.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of shamble in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of shamble in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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