Shambling
['ʃæmbliŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shamble
(a.) Characterized by an awkward, irregular pace; as, a shambling trot; shambling legs.
(n.) An awkward, irregular gait.
Typed by Blanche
Examples
- The shambling figure, and the scanty great-coat, were not to be mistaken. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The gen'l'm'n can't go in just now,' said a shambling pot-boy, with a red head, 'cos' Mr. Lowten's a-singin' a comic song, and he'll put him out. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Sit down, you dancing, prancing, shambling, scrambling poll-parrot! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If we _will keep_ a shambling, loose, untaught set in the community, for our convenience, why, we must take the consequence. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Checked by Abram