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- nounshambles (plural noun)
- informala state of total disorder:"my career was in a shambles"
- a butcher's slaughterhouse (archaic except in place names):"the shambles where the animals were slaughtered"
Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘meat market’): plural of earlier shamble ‘stool, stall’, of West Germanic origin, from Latin scamellum, diminutive of scamnum ‘bench’.verbshambles (third person present)- (of a person) move with a slow, shuffling, awkward gait:"he shambled off down the corridor"
Originlate 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).Similar and Opposite Wordsnoun- a state of total disorder:
verb- (of a person) move with a slow, shuffling, awkward gait:
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- Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.shambles noun [ S ] informal uk / ˈʃæm.b ə lz / us / ˈʃæm.b ə lz / Add to word list a state of confusion, bad organization, or untidiness, or something that is in this state:dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/shamblesA shambles is a place, situation, or other thing that’s in complete disorder. When shambles refers to a place, it typically indicates that it’s a mess or, more seriously, that it’s a scene of destruction, wreckage, or even carnage. When it refers to a situation, it indicates that it has fallen into chaos.www.dictionary.com/browse/shamblessham·bles (shăm′bəlz) pl.n. (used with a sing. verb) 1. a. A scene or condition of complete disorder or ruin: "The economy was in a shambles" (W. Bruce Lincoln).www.thefreedictionary.com/shamblesshambles,(used with a singular or plural verb) a slaughterhouse. any place of carnage. any scene of destruction: to turn cities into shambles. any scene, place, or thing in disorder: Her desk is a shambles. British Dialect. a butcher's shop or stall.www.dictionary.com/browse/shamble
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