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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈʃæmbəl/Part of speech noun, verbSorted abehlmsStarts with SEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet

Word origin

From Middle English schambyll, shamyll, schamel, from Old English sċeamol, scamol (“bench, stool”), from Proto-West Germanic *skamul, *skamil, from Proto-Germanic *skamulaz, *skamilaz, from Latin scamellum, a variant of scabellum (“footstool”). Cognate with Dutch schemel (“footstool, bench”), German Schemel (“stool”), Danish skammel (“stool”). Icelandic skemill (“footstool”).

Used in a sentence

  • I wasn't too impressed with the fellow, when he shambled in unenthusiastically and an hour late.

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