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shamble

verb

sham·​ble ˈsham-bəl How to pronounce shamble (audio)
shambled; shambling ˈsham-b(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce shamble (audio)

intransitive verb

: to walk awkwardly with dragging feet : shuffle
shamble noun

Example Sentences

He shambled into the room. disconsolate and exhausted after losing the match, the wrestler shambled toward the locker room
Recent Examples on the Web Left 4 Dead has been left for dead by Valve, which led many fans to believe their dreams for four-player co-op zombie-killing campaigns may never shamble into the light of day. Brittany Vincent, BGR, 22 Oct. 2021 After jettisoning their genetic blueprints, certain neutrophils will shamble onward, still trying to slurp up stray microbes that their web didn’t catch. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 June 2021 Hoffman’s salesman, a little guy accustomed to talking a big game, shambled into his boss’ office with right on his side. Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2020 After a brief, shambling start before the band hits its stride, we’re flooded with the ecstasy of how as well as what Conor hears. Ben Brantley, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2019 The senseless armies of shambling corpses, all the nightmares of dead generations sliding out of our screens. Laurie Penny, Wired, 30 Mar. 2020 Hand has been fascinated with Darger for decades, and places him at the center of this novel as another amateur detective who teams up — in his own awkward, puzzling, shambling way — with Pin to solve the case of the missing girl. Amy Stewart, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2019 Meanwhile, their own candidate shambles around with his pants on fire all day, every day. BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2019 The walk shambles off from the 140 Village Shopping Center near Shoppers at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 and participants will travel as a group down Main Street. Catalina Righter, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 23 Oct. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

shamble bowed, malformed

First Known Use

1717, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of shamble was in 1717

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