shamble

shamble is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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. noun. A place where butcher's meat is sold.
3. noun. A place for slaughtering animals for meat.
4. intransitive verb. To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along.
5. noun. walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet

   "from his shambling I assumed he was very old"

   Synonyms: shambling, shuffle, shuffling

6. verb. walk by dragging one's feet

   "he shuffled out of the room"

   "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall"

   Synonyms: scuffle, shuffle

Synonyms

shambling, shuffle, shuffling, scuffle

Common word forms

shambled, shambles, shambling

Words from these letters

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