Thesaurus: shamble

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1. n. One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.
2. n. A place where butcher's meat is sold.
3. n. A place for slaughtering animals for meat.
4. v. i. To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along.
5. n. walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
6. v. walk by dragging one's feet
7. 1. (Mining) One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level. 2. pl. A place where butcher's meat is sold. As summer flies are in the shambles. Shak. 3. pl. A place for slaughtering animals for meat. To make a shambles of the parliament house. Shak. To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along.
8. One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another,to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform,and thus raised to a higher level.
9. v:100 n. walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet