intr.v. sham·bled, sham·bling, sham·bles To walk in an awkward, lazy, or unsteady manner, shuffling the feet. n. A shuffling gait. [Probably from obsolete shamble, awkward, ungainly, from Middle English schamil, butcher's table; see SHAMBLES.] |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2022 by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved.