shuffling

SHUF'FLING, ppr.

1. Moving by little shoves one way an the other; changing the places of cards; prevaricating; evading; playing tricks.

2. a. Evasive; as a shuffling excuse.

SHUF'FLING, n.

1. The act of throwing into confusion, or of changing the relative position of things by shoving or motion.

2. Trick; artifice; evasion.

3. An irregular gait.