different between shamble vs shambling

English

Etymology

From Middle English schambyll, shamyll, schamel, from Old English s?eamol, scamol (“bench, stool”), 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æmbl?/

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.

   I wasn't too impressed with the fellow, when he shambled in unenthusiastically and an hour late.

Synonyms

• shuffle

Translations

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.

See also

• shambles

Anagrams

• hambles

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æmbl??/

Verb

shambling

1. present participle of shamble

Adjective

shambling (comparative more shambling, superlative most shambling)

1. Who walks while dragging or shuffling the feet.

   moving with a shambling gait

   a shambling giant of a man

Noun

shambling (plural shamblings)

1. An awkward, irregular gait.

Related terms

• shamble
• shambles