shamble

Meaning

Verb

To walk while shuffling or dragging the feet.

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.

Synonyms

shuffle

shuffling

shambling

plod

scuffle

haulage

hobble

hone

lag

lumber

lurch

mosey

reel

scuff

stagger

staggering

tootle

totter

walk

🚶

whet

truge

amble

scamble

creep

dawdle

dilly-dally

drag one’s feet

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃæmbl̩/

Etymology

From Middle English schambyll, shamyll, schamel, from Old English sċeamol, scamol (“bench, stool”), from Proto-West Germanic *skamul, *skamil, from Proto-Germanic *skamulaz, *skamilaz, from Latin scamellum, a variant of scabellum (“footstool”). Cognate with Dutch schemel (“footstool, bench”), German Schemel (“stool”), Danish skammel (“stool”). Icelandic skemill (“footstool”).