Shuffler
/ˈʃʌf.lər/noun
A person or thing that shuffles, especially by dragging the feet or moving cards around.
Did you know?Shuffler is built on the same Germanic root as shuffle, a word that originally meant to drag or move clumsily, not the smooth little dance step people imagine today.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*skuflōną / *skuflaz
“to shove, push, or move roughly”
Old English
OE
sceoflian
“to push or shove about”
Middle English
ME
shovelen / shovelen
“to move or drag clumsily; later influenced by shuffle-like forms”
15th Century
English
shufflen
“to drag the feet or move with a scraping motion”
Modern English
English
shuffler
“one who shuffles; a person or device that shuffles”