I wasn't too impressed with the fellow, when he shambled in unenthusiastically and an hour late.
Source: wiktionary
Shamble
//ˈʃæmbl̩//
Synonyms for "shamble" (98 found)
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Translations
19 translations across 11 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مَشَى يَجُرُّ قَدَمَيْهِ verb (to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet)
Bulgarian
2 entries- влача се verb (to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet)
- тътря си краката verb (to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet)
Czech
2 entries- courat se verb (to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet)
- šourat se verb (to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet)
Dutch
1 entries- sloffen verb (to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet)
Finnish
2 entries- laahustaa verb (to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet)
- raahustaa verb (to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet)
German
3 entries- schleichen verb (to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet)
- schlurfen verb (to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet)
- watscheln verb (to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet)
Māori
2 entries- hōnekeneke verb (to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet)
- pīkari verb (to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet)
Russian
1 entries- ша́ркать verb (to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet)
Spanish
1 entries- arrastrar los pies verb (to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet)
Ukrainian
3 entries- волочитися verb (to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet)
- незграбно йти verb (to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet)
- тягтися verb (to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet)
ǃXóõ
1 entries- ʘxúũ verb (to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
The old black, not in any very high glee at having been previously roused from his warm hammock at a most unseasonable hour, came shambling along from his galley, for, like many old blacks, there was something the matter with his knee-pans, which he did not keep well scoured like his other pans; [...]
Source: wiktionary
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