Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to shuffle off this mortal coil
Participle: shuffled off this mortal coil
Gerund: shuffling off this mortal coil
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | shuffle off this mortal coil |
| you | shuffle off this mortal coil |
| he;she;it | shuffles off this mortal coil |
| we | shuffle off this mortal coil |
| you | shuffle off this mortal coil |
| they | shuffle off this mortal coil |
Perfect
| I | have shuffled off this mortal coil |
| you | have shuffled off this mortal coil |
| he;she;it | has shuffled off this mortal coil |
| we | have shuffled off this mortal coil |
| you | have shuffled off this mortal coil |
| they | have shuffled off this mortal coil |
Past
| I | shuffled off this mortal coil |
| you | shuffled off this mortal coil |
| he;she;it | shuffled off this mortal coil |
| we | shuffled off this mortal coil |
| you | shuffled off this mortal coil |
| they | shuffled off this mortal coil |
Pluperfect
| I | had shuffled off this mortal coil |
| you | had shuffled off this mortal coil |
| he;she;it | had shuffled off this mortal coil |
| we | had shuffled off this mortal coil |
| you | had shuffled off this mortal coil |
| they | had shuffled off this mortal coil |
Future
| I | will shuffle off this mortal coil |
| you | will shuffle off this mortal coil |
| he;she;it | will shuffle off this mortal coil |
| we | will shuffle off this mortal coil |
| you | will shuffle off this mortal coil |
| they | will shuffle off this mortal coil |
Future Perfect
| I | will have shuffled off this mortal coil |
| you | will have shuffled off this mortal coil |
| he;she;it | will have shuffled off this mortal coil |
| we | will have shuffled off this mortal coil |
| you | will have shuffled off this mortal coil |
| they | will have shuffled off this mortal coil |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | shuffle off this mortal coil |
| you | shuffle off this mortal coil |
| he;she;it | shuffle off this mortal coil |
| we | shuffle off this mortal coil |
| you | shuffle off this mortal coil |
| they | shuffle off this mortal coil |
Perfect
| I | have shuffled off this mortal coil |
| you | have shuffled off this mortal coil |
| he;she;it | have shuffled off this mortal coil |
| we | have shuffled off this mortal coil |
| you | have shuffled off this mortal coil |
| they | have shuffled off this mortal coil |
Imperfect
| I | shuffled off this mortal coil |
| you | shuffled off this mortal coil |
| he;she;it | shuffled off this mortal coil |
| we | shuffled off this mortal coil |
| you | shuffled off this mortal coil |
| they | shuffled off this mortal coil |
Pluperfect
| I | had shuffled off this mortal coil |
| you | had shuffled off this mortal coil |
| he;she;it | had shuffled off this mortal coil |
| we | had shuffled off this mortal coil |
| you | had shuffled off this mortal coil |
| they | had shuffled off this mortal coil |
Conditional
Present
| I | would shuffle off this mortal coil |
| you | would shuffle off this mortal coil |
| he;she;it | would shuffle off this mortal coil |
| we | would shuffle off this mortal coil |
| you | would shuffle off this mortal coil |
| they | would shuffle off this mortal coil |
Perfect
| I | would have shuffled off this mortal coil |
| you | would have shuffled off this mortal coil |
| he;she;it | would have shuffled off this mortal coil |
| we | would have shuffled off this mortal coil |
| you | would have shuffled off this mortal coil |
| they | would have shuffled off this mortal coil |
Imperative
| you | shuffle off this mortal coil |
| we | Let's shuffle off this mortal coil |
| you | shuffle off this mortal coil |
Verbs conjugated like 'shuffle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'shuffle'
chuffle,
scuffle,
shaffle,
snuffle,
whuffle,
buffle,
deshuffle,
fuffle,
haffle,
muffle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Originally the same word as scuffle, and properly a frequentative of shove.
Verbs referencing "shuffle"
Norwegian
shuffle.
Sample Sentences
-
Don't forget to shuffle the cards.
-
You shuffle, and I'll deal.
-
The data packets are shuffled before transmission.
-
I'm going to shuffle all the songs in my playlist.
-
Behind her, she heard the flutter of cards being shuffled back into the pack. [2015, Abra S.W., A Circus of Brass and Bone, Bimulous Books:]
-
But, rather than make a change up front, Hughes shuffled his defence for this match, replacing Carlos Salcido with Baird, in a move which few would have predicted would prove decisive. [2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 – 2 Fulham”, in BBC Sport:]
-
He shuffled out of the room.
-
I shuffled my feet in embarrassment.
-
[T]he aged creature came, / Shuffling along with ivory-headed wand, […] [1819, John Keats, “The Eve of St. Agnes”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], published 1820, →OCLC, stanza XI, page 88:]
-
Even when the other instruments were resting the pianist kept up his monotonous vamping, with a dreary furbelow for embellishment here and there, to which some few of the dancers continued to shuffle round the floor. [1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 4, in The Subtle Minotaur:]
-
The regular crowd shuffles in [1973, “Piano Man”, Billy Joel (music):]
-
I myself, […] hiding mine honour in my necessity, am fain to shuffle. [c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:]
-
Your life, good master, / Must shuffle for itself. [1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:]
-
to shuffle money from hand to hand
-
Therefore you do vvell to have recourſe to your laſt Evaſion, that it vvas contriv'd by your Enemies, and ſhuffled into the Papers that vvere ſeiz'd: vvhich yet you ſee the Nation is not ſo eaſy to believe as your ovvn Fury; […] [1682, [John Dryden], “Epistle to the Whigs”, in The Medall. A Satyre Against Sedition. […], Edinburgh: [s.n.], →OCLC:]