Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Characterized by an awkward, irregular, clumsy, weak-kneed motion or gait: as, a shambling trot; shambling legs.
- noun An awkward, clumsy, irregular pace or gait.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An awkward, irregular gait.
- adjective Characterized by an awkward, irregular pace
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
shamble . - adjective Who
walks whiledragging orshuffling the feet. - noun An awkward, irregular gait.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
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Examples
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Hell, if the characters know to call the shambling undead 'zombies' (and they do), then they ought to have the good sense to aim high.
October 18th, 2005 moriarty6 2005
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Bill Clinton's first years in office are typically described as shambling, unfocused seminars and late-night bull sessions, with flurries of activity, lots of games of hearts and little discipline.
Daily Kos 2009
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"Bill represents a kind of shambling irony; he's heroic and disreputable at the same time," says his friend and fellow Ghostbuster Harold Ramis, who directed "Groundhog Day."
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A stranger of about fourteen was walking towards them, or perhaps "shambling" would be
A harum-scarum schoolgirl Angela Brazil 1907
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That Heard renders him as nothing more than a kind of shambling nice guy subverts his touted mystique, deprives the production of a magneticcentral character, and begs the question of why we should be upset about his awful fate.
Chicago Reader 2010
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That Heard renders him as nothing more than a kind of shambling nice guy subverts his touted mystique, deprives the production of a magneticcentral character, and begs the question of why we should be upset about his awful fate.
Chicago Reader 2010
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That Heard renders him as nothing more than a kind of shambling nice guy subverts his touted mystique, deprives the production of a magneticcentral character, and begs the question of why we should be upset about his awful fate.
Chicago Reader 2010
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That Heard renders him as nothing more than a kind of shambling nice guy subverts his touted mystique, deprives the production of a magneticcentral character, and begs the question of why we should be upset about his awful fate.
Chicago Reader 2010
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That Heard renders him as nothing more than a kind of shambling nice guy subverts his touted mystique, deprives the production of a magneticcentral character, and begs the question of why we should be upset about his awful fate.
Chicago Reader 2009
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Then maybe the shambling undead Superman can rest in peace.
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