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