shafflev.

/ˈʃaf(ə)l/

Etymology: In sense 1 (northern), apparently a variant of shauchle v.; sense 2 may be developed from this, or belong to a distinct word, perhaps of imitative or symbolic formation: compare shiffle-shaffle , shiffle , verbs ( Eng. Dial. Dict.) and shuffle v.

dialect.

1. intransitive. To shuffle in walking.

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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > shuffle or drag the feet

shuffle1576

shauchle1721

slare1726

shaffle1781

scuffle1825

slodge1829

scuff1847

slip-slop1870

slur1889

1552 [see shaffler n. at Derivatives].

1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 95/2 Shaffle, and shiffle, to hobble in walking, also to act unfairly.

1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. To Shaffle, to move with an awkward or irregular gait; to hobble. Used in the north of England.

1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Shaffle, Shaughle, to shuffle in walking.

a. To work or move in a lazy fashion; to be undecided in plan or action; to vacillate, delay.

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the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity

trifle?a1400

loiterc1400

tiffc1440

tifflec1440

to pick a salad1520

to play the wanton1529

fiddle1530

dauntc1540

piddle1545

dally?1548

pittlea1568

pingle1574

puddle1591

to thrum caps1594

maginate1623

meecha1625

pudder1624

dabble1631

fanfreluche1653

dawdlea1656

taigle17..

niff-naff1728

tiddle1747

peddle1755

gammer1788

quiddle1789

muddle1791

browse1803

niddle1808

poke1811

fal-lal1818

potter1824

footer1825

putter1827

shaffle1828

to fool about1838

mike1838

piffle1847

mess1853

to muck about1856

tinker1856

bohemianize1857

to fool around1860

frivol1866

june1869

muss1876

to muddle about (also around)1877

slummock1877

dicker1888

moodle1893

to fart about1899

to fart about (or around)1899

plouter1899

futz1907

monkey1916

to arse around1919

to play around1929

to fuck around1931

tool1932

frig1933

boondoggle1935

to muck around1935

to screw around1935

to bugger about1937

to bugger around1939

to piss about1943

to dick around1948

to jerk around1953

fart-arse1954

to fanny around1969

slop1973

dork1982

to twat around (or about)1992

to dick about1996

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)]

haltc825

flecchec1300

waverc1315

flickerc1325

wag1387

swervea1400

floghter1521

stacker1526

to be of (occasionally in) many (also divers) minds1530

wave1532

stagger1533

to hang in the wind1536

to waver as, like, with the wind1548

mammer1554

sway1563

dodge1568

erch1584

suspend1585

float1598

swag1608

hoverc1620

hesitate1623

vacillate1623

fluctuate1634

demur1641

balance1656

to be at shall I, shall I (not)1674

to stand shall I, shall I1674

to go shill-I shall-I1700

to stand at shilly-shally1700

to act, to keep (upon), the volanta1734

whiffle1737

dilly-dally1740

to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.)1751

oscillate1771

shilly-shally1782

dacker1817

librate1822

humdrum1825

swing1833

(to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1848

to back and fill1854

haver1866

wobble1867

shaffle1873

dicker1879

to be on the weigh-scales1886

waffle1894

to think twice1898

to teeter on the brink1902

dither1908

vagulate1918

pern1920

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Shaffle..to do things ineffectually.

1873 R. Ferguson Dial. Cumberland 121 Shaffle, to be undecided, to vacillate.

1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield Shaffle, to move in a lazy way; to delay, to put off.

b. ‘To retreat from a bargain or engagement, make excuses, prevaricate’ ( Eng. Dial. Dict.).

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the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > fail to observe [verb (intransitive)]

to make (hold, pay, keep, yield or break) a vowc1290

to break dayc1300

faithc1410

swerve1527

to break touch1594

jeofail1599

recant1599

recede1648

discede1650

renege1651

shab1699

shaffle1781

weasel1956

1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) 95 Shaffle,..also to act unfairly.

1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. 178 Don't shaffle with me.

Derivatives

ˈshaffler n. a person who ‘shaffles’.

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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > shuffling > one who

shaffler1552

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > confused, muddled person > [noun]

mafflardc1450

juffler15..

dromedary1567

madbrain1570

batie buma1586

addle-head1592

blunderkin1596

nit1598

addle-pate1601

hash1655

blunderbuss1692

blunderhead1692

shaffles1703

fog-pate1732

blunderer1741

puzzle-pate1761

slouch1767

étourdi1768

botch1769

puddle1782

bumble1789

scatter-brain1790

addle-brain1799

puzzle-head1815

shaffler1828

chowderhead1833

muddlehead1833

muddler1833

flounderer1836

duffer1842

muddle-pate1844

plug1848

incompetent1866

schlemiel1868

dinlo1873

drumble-dore1881

hodmandod1881

dub1887

prune1895

foozler1896

bollock1916

messer1926

Pilot Officer (also P.O.) Prune1942

spaz1965

spastic1981

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Shaffler with his fete whych fayleth in going, atta.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Shaffler, one who walks lame. 2. A bungler in business.

ˈshaffles n. a bungler, shiftless person.

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