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Shamble Common

Shamble has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet

"from his shambling I assumed he was very old"

2

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.

Verb
1

walk by dragging one's feet

"he shuffled out of the room"

"We heard his feet shuffling down the hall"

2

To walk while shuffling or dragging the feet.

Example Sentences
"from his shambling I assumed he was very old" noun
"he shuffled out of the room" verb
"We heard his feet shuffling down the hall" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
walk
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
scuff
Rhyming Words
ble able roble ruble doble fable bible buble amble gable sable noble coble moble cable table bable kable mable viable
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