shambling
adjective
[ ˈʃamb(ə)lɪŋ ]
• moving with a slow, shuffling, awkward gait.
• "a big, shambling, shy man"
shamble
verb
• (of a person) move with a slow, shuffling, awkward gait.
• "he shambled off down the corridor"
Similar:
shuffle,
lumber,
totter,
dodder,
stumble,
scuff/drag one's feet,
hobble,
limp,
ungainly,
lumbering,
shuffling,
awkward,
clumsy,
uncoordinated,
heavy-footed,
Origin:
late 16th century: probably from dialect shamble ‘ungainly’, perhaps from the phrase shamble legs, with reference to the legs of trestle tables (such as would be used in a meat market: see shambles).
