shuffle

noun [C] (MOVEMENT)

/ˈʃʌf·əl/

Definition

› the act of moving things to different positions or into a different order: She gave her papers a quick shuffle. › A shuffle is also a change in people or their positions in an organization: The top-level shuffle brought Groncki into the White House.

(Definition of shuffle noun (MOVEMENT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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