shamble

sham·ble

verb \ˈsham-bəl\

sham·bledsham·bling\-b(ə-)liŋ\

Definition of SHAMBLE

intransitive verb

: to walk awkwardly with dragging feet : shuffle

— shamble noun

Examples of SHAMBLE

1. He shambled into the room.
2. <disconsolate and exhausted after losing the match, the wrestler shambled toward the locker room>

Origin of SHAMBLE

shamble bowed, malformed

First Known Use: 1717

Related to SHAMBLE

Synonyms: barge, clomp, clump, flog [British], flounder, galumph, lump, plod, pound, scuff, scuffle, lumber, shuffle, slog, slough, stamp, stomp, stumble, stump, tramp, tromp, trudge

Antonyms: breeze, coast, glide, slide, waltz, whisk

Related Words: drag, flop, haul; blunder, careen, dodder, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, waddle, weave, wobble (also wabble)

Near Antonyms: drift, float, hang, hover, poise, waft

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Rhymes with SHAMBLE

amble, bramble, gamble, gambol, ramble, scramble