"shamble" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʃæmbl̩/ Audio: en-us-shamble.ogg [US] Forms: shambles [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|schambyll}} Middle English schambyll, {{m|enm|shamyll}} shamyll, {{m|enm|schamel}} schamel, {{inh|en|ang|sċeamol}} Old English sċeamol, {{m|ang|scamol|t=bench, stool}} scamol (“bench, stool”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*skamul}} Proto-West Germanic *skamul, {{m|gmw-pro|*skamil}} *skamil, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skamulaz}} Proto-Germanic *skamulaz, {{m|gem-pro|*skamilaz}} *skamilaz, {{der|en|la|scamellum}} Latin scamellum, {{m|la|scabellum|t=footstool}} scabellum (“footstool”), {{cog|nl|schemel|t=footstool, bench}} Dutch schemel (“footstool, bench”), {{cog|de|Schemel|t=stool}} German Schemel (“stool”), {{cog|da|skammel|t=stool}} Danish skammel (“stool”), {{cog|is|skemill|t=footstool}} Icelandic skemill (“footstool”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} shamble (plural shambles)
  1. (mining) 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. Categories (topical): Mining Related terms: shambles
    Sense id: en-shamble-en-noun-qWZMzqt4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 85 15 Topics: business, mining

Verb

IPA: /ˈʃæmbl̩/ Audio: en-us-shamble.ogg [US] Forms: shambles [present, singular, third-person], shambling [participle, present], shambled [participle, past], shambled [past]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|schambyll}} Middle English schambyll, {{m|enm|shamyll}} shamyll, {{m|enm|schamel}} schamel, {{inh|en|ang|sċeamol}} Old English sċeamol, {{m|ang|scamol|t=bench, stool}} scamol (“bench, stool”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*skamul}} Proto-West Germanic *skamul, {{m|gmw-pro|*skamil}} *skamil, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skamulaz}} Proto-Germanic *skamulaz, {{m|gem-pro|*skamilaz}} *skamilaz, {{der|en|la|scamellum}} Latin scamellum, {{m|la|scabellum|t=footstool}} scabellum (“footstool”), {{cog|nl|schemel|t=footstool, bench}} Dutch schemel (“footstool, bench”), {{cog|de|Schemel|t=stool}} German Schemel (“stool”), {{cog|da|skammel|t=stool}} Danish skammel (“stool”), {{cog|is|skemill|t=footstool}} Icelandic skemill (“footstool”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} shamble (third-person singular simple present shambles, present participle shambling, simple past and past participle shambled)
  1. To walk while shuffling or dragging the feet. Categories (topical): Gaits Synonyms: shuffle Translations (to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet): مَشَى يَجُرُّ قَدَمَيْهِ (mašā yajurru qadamayhi) (Arabic), влача се (vlača se) (Bulgarian), тътря си краката (tǎtrja si krakata) (Bulgarian), courat se [imperfective] (Czech), šourat se [imperfective] (Czech), sloffen (Dutch), laahustaa (Finnish), raahustaa (Finnish), schlurfen (German), schleichen (German), watscheln (German), hōnekeneke (Maori), pīkari (Maori), ша́ркать (šárkatʹ) (Russian), arrastrar los pies (Spanish), волочитися (voločytysja) (Ukrainian), тягтися (tjahtysja) (Ukrainian), незграбно йти (nezhrabno jty) (Ukrainian), ʘxúũ (ǃXóõ)
    Sense id: en-shamble-en-verb-VnGzZ5ZX Disambiguation of Gaits: 29 71

Inflected forms

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        "2": "Schemel",
        "t": "stool"
      },
      "expansion": "German Schemel (“stool”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "skammel",
        "t": "stool"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish skammel (“stool”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "skemill",
        "t": "footstool"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic skemill (“footstool”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shambles",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shambling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shambled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shambled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "shamble (third-person singular simple present shambles, present participle shambling, simple past and past participle shambled)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I wasn't too impressed with the fellow, when he shambled in unenthusiastically and an hour late."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To walk while shuffling or dragging the feet."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shuffling",
          "shuffling"
        ],
        [
          "dragging",
          "dragging"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃæmbl̩/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-shamble.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/55/En-us-shamble.ogg/En-us-shamble.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/En-us-shamble.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "shuffle"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mašā yajurru qadamayhi",
      "sense": "to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet",
      "word": "مَشَى يَجُرُّ قَدَمَيْهِ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vlača se",
      "sense": "to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet",
      "word": "влача се"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tǎtrja si krakata",
      "sense": "to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet",
      "word": "тътря си краката"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "courat se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "šourat se"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet",
      "word": "sloffen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet",
      "word": "laahustaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet",
      "word": "raahustaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet",
      "word": "schlurfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet",
      "word": "schleichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet",
      "word": "watscheln"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet",
      "word": "hōnekeneke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet",
      "word": "pīkari"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šárkatʹ",
      "sense": "to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet",
      "word": "ша́ркать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet",
      "word": "arrastrar los pies"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "voločytysja",
      "sense": "to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet",
      "word": "волочитися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tjahtysja",
      "sense": "to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet",
      "word": "тягтися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nezhrabno jty",
      "sense": "to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet",
      "word": "незграбно йти"
    },
    {
      "code": "nmn",
      "lang": "ǃXóõ",
      "sense": "to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet",
      "word": "ʘxúũ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shamble"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "shamyll"
      },
      "expansion": "shamyll",
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
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      "expansion": "schamel",
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      "name": "m"
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      "expansion": "*skamil",
      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "scamellum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin scamellum",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "scabellum",
        "t": "footstool"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "schemel",
        "t": "footstool, bench"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Schemel",
        "t": "stool"
      },
      "expansion": "German Schemel (“stool”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "skammel",
        "t": "stool"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish skammel (“stool”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "skemill",
        "t": "footstool"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic skemill (“footstool”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shambles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "shamble (plural shambles)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "shambles"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Mining"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mining",
          "mining#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "niche",
          "niche"
        ],
        [
          "platform",
          "platform"
        ],
        [
          "ore",
          "ore"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mining) 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."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "mining"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃæmbl̩/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-shamble.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/55/En-us-shamble.ogg/En-us-shamble.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/En-us-shamble.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shamble"
}

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