Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SHUF'FLE, v.i.

1. To change the relative position of earl in a pack by little shoves; as, to shuffle and cut.
2. To change the position; to shift ground; to prevaricate; to evade fair questions; to practice shifts to elude detection. Hiding my honor in my necessity, I am fain to shuffle. – Shak.
3. To struggle; to shift. Your life, good master, / Must shuffle for itself. – Shak.
4. To move with an irregular gait; as, a shuffling nag.
5. To shove the feet; to scrape the floor in dancing. [Vulgar.] – Shak.