shambles Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a condition of great disorder
  2. noun a building where animals are butchered
    butchery; abattoir; slaughterhouse.
  3. noun walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
    shambling; shuffle; shamble; shuffling.
    • from his shambling I assumed he was very old
  4. verb walk by dragging one's feet
    shuffle; scuffle; shamble.
    • he shuffled out of the room
    • We heard his feet shuffling down the hall

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