'Shamble' definitions:

Definition of 'shamble'

(from WordNet)
noun
Walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old" [syn: shamble, shambling, shuffle, shuffling]
verb
Walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall" [syn: shuffle, scuffle, shamble]

Definition of 'Shamble'

From: GCIDE
  • Shamble \Sham"ble\, n. [OE. schamel a bench, stool, AS. scamel, sceamol, a bench, form, stool, fr. L. scamellum, dim. of scamnum a bench, stool.]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. pl. A place where butcher's meat is sold. [1913 Webster]
  • As summer flies are in the shambles. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. pl. A place for slaughtering animals for meat. [1913 Webster]
  • To make a shambles of the parliament house. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Shamble'

From: GCIDE
  • Shamble \Sham"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shambled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shambling.] [Cf. OD. schampelen to slip, schampen to slip away, escape. Cf. Scamble, Scamper.] To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'shamble'

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Words containing 'Shamble'