shuffling

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present participle of

to walk by pulling your feet slowly along the ground rather than lifting them:

I love shuffling through the fallen leaves.

He shuffled into the kitchen, leaning on his walking stick.

Don't shuffle your feet like that! Walk normally.

to move your feet or bottom around, while staying in the same place, especially because you are uncomfortable, nervous, or embarrassed:

The woman in front of me kept shuffling around in her seat all the way through the performance.

When I asked him where he'd been, he just looked at the ground and shuffled his feet.

to move similar things from one position or place to another, often to give an appearance of activity when nothing useful is being done:

She shuffled her papers nervously on her desk.

Many prisoners have to be shuffled around police stations because of prison overcrowding.

to mix a set of playing cards without seeing their values before beginning a game, so that their order is not known to any of the players:

It's your turn to shuffle the cards.