shamble
To walk while shuffling or dragging the feetTo walk while shuffling or dragging the feet.
Meaning
1 sensesTo walk while shuffling or dragging the feet.
I wasn't too impressed with the fellow, when he shambled in unenthusiastically and an hour late.
schlurfen, schleichen, watscheln
ша́ркатьšárkatʹ
волочитисяvoločytysja, тягтисяtjahtysja, незграбно йтиnezhrabno jty
walk by dragging one's feet
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English schambyll, shamyll, schamel, from Old English sċeamol, scamol (“bench,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 West Frisian skammel (“shamble, trestle, stool", also (in the plural) "legs, especially when showing defects or deformities”), Dutch schemel (“footstool, bench”), German Schemel (“stool”), Danish skammel (“stool”). Icelandic skemill (“footstool”).
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Forms
shambles, shambling, shambled, shambledSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle