shamble

Meanings

Plural: shambles

Noun

walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
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.

Verb

walk by dragging one's feet
To walk while shuffling or dragging the feet.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English schambyll, shamyll, schamel, from Old English sċeamol, scamol (“bench, stool”), from Proto-West Germanic *skamul, *skamil, from Proto-Germanic *skamulaz, *skamilaz, from Latin scamellum, a variant of scabellum (“footstool”). Cognate with Dutch schemel (“footstool, bench”), German Schemel (“stool”), Danish skammel (“stool”). Icelandic skemill (“footstool”).

Synonyms

scuffle, shambling, shuffle, shuffling

Scrabble Score: 14

shamble is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
shamble is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
shamble is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

shamble is a valid Words With Friends word