SHUFFLE (2)

shuffle (2). Shuffle, n. a disordering of things, shake, trick

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Shuf″fle, v. i. 1. 1. To change the relative position of cards in a pack; as, to shuffle and cut.
2. 2. To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.
I myself, . . . hiding mine honor in my necessity, am fain to shuffle. Shak. 3. 3. To use arts or expedients; to make shift.
Your life, good master, Must shuffle for itself. Shak. 4. 4. To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing.
The aged creature came Shuffling along with ivory-headed wand. Keats. Syn. — To equivicate; prevaricate; quibble; cavil; shift; sophisticate; juggle.