limp vs shuffle

limp

verb
  • To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg. 

  • limping verses 

  • To be inadequate or unsatisfactory. 

  • To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion. 

  • To move or proceed irregularly. 

  • To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop. 

adj
  • lacking stiffness; flimsy 

  • physically weak 

  • flaccid; flabby, like flesh. 

  • not having an erect penis 

  • not erect 

noun
  • A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging. 

  • A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve. 

  • An irregular, jerky or awkward gait. 

shuffle

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

  • 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 use arts or expedients; to make shift. 

noun
  • 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. 

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

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

  • A trick; an artifice; an evasion. 

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