mix vs shuffle

mix

noun
  • The result of mixing several tracks. 

  • The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture. 

  • The result of combining items normally kept separate. 

  • The finished version of a recording. 

  • A substance used to dilute or adulterate an illicit drug. 

verb
  • To unite with in company; to join; to associate. 

  • To stir together. 

  • To blend by the use of a mixer (machine). 

  • To combine (several tracks). 

  • To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate). 

  • To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to concoct from different parts. 

  • To produce a finished version of (a recording). 

shuffle

noun
  • The act of reordering anything, such as music tracks in a media player. 

  • An instance of walking without lifting one's feet. 

  • The act of shuffling cards. 

  • A rhythm commonly used in blues music. Consists of a series of triplet notes with the middle note missing, so that it sounds like a long note followed by a short note. Sounds like a walker dragging one foot. 

  • A dance move in which the foot is scuffed across the floor back and forth. 

  • A trick; an artifice; an evasion. 

verb
  • To put in a random order. 

  • To remove or introduce by artificial confusion. 

  • To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another. 

  • To change; modify the order of something. 

  • To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate. 

  • To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing. 

  • To use arts or expedients; to make shift. 

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