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[Noun] | "sham*bles" | \ ˈsham-bəlz \
1: a meat market
2: slaughterhouse
3: a place of mass slaughter or bloodshed
Origin: 15th century ;
Middle English shameles, plural of schamel vendor's table, footstool, from Old English sceamol stool, from Latin scamillum, diminutive of scamnum stool, bench; perhaps akin to Sanskrit skambha pillar;
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[Verb] | "sham*ble" | \ ˈsham-bəl \
1: to walk awkwardly with dragging feet : shuffle
Origin: 1717 ;
Shamble bowed, malformed;
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[Verb] | "shambles"
1: to move heavily or clumsily;
* e.g., " ... disconsolate and exhausted after losing the match, the wrestler shambled toward the locker room "
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[ "shambles" ]
1: when an event degenerates into a random, confusing state; a complete mess.
* e.g., ... tonight has officially become a shambles
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[ "shambles" ]
1: Word used to describe an individual after a particularly shameful performance, generally influenced by alcoholic intake.
* e.g., ... Gregor, you were a shambles last night.
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[ "shambles" ]
1: To be in shambles.
* e.g., ... "Dude you were crazy last night. You were in shambles."
[ "shambles" ]
2: Another way to say drunk or wasted.
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[ "shambles" ]
1: 1)Chaos, Disorder, Poorly Organised, Worthless
* e.g., ... 1) It was a complete and utter shambles
[ "shambles" ]
2: 2)A way of walking
* e.g., ... 2 & 5) Look at him as he shambles along like that
[ "shambles" ]
3: 3)A butcher's slaughterhouse
* e.g., ... 3 & 4) Lets go & get some meat from the shambles
[ "shambles" ]
4: 4)A Meatseller's Table
[ "shambles" ]
5: 5)Legs Like a Meatseller's Table
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[ "shambles" ]
1: being in an state of absolute confusion and stupidity
* e.g., ... “hey did you see her face when her lunchbox blew up in her face?”
“she was in absolute shambles lol”
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[ "shambles" ]
1: an irish curse used when calling shotgun. can be used with the shotgun call "shotgun, no shambles" or if not used "shotgun", a second person can call shambles and they get shotty.
* e.g., ... Person 1: Shotgun, no shambles
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[ "shambles" ]
1: A word used by idiots who think they'll sound intelligent if they use it in a sentence.
* e.g., ... "Aye, those Europeans left Africa in shambles."
[ "shambles" ]
2: The state in which Africa was left after the Europeans had their way with them.
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[ "shambles" ]
1: A plural noun, which is treated as singular in construction of sentences, that has connotations of disorder, particularly when as a result of willful indiscipline.
* e.g., ... How did that shambles ever get on the air?
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[ "shambles" ]
1: A disorganised situation which comes about in an organisation because the shower who call themselves management didn't or couldn't think ahead so didn't see it coming.
* e.g., ... When X and Y were away from the office at the same time, no one knew how to answer the phone turning everything into a shambles but it wasn't a complete shambles as email still worked.
[ "shambles" ]
2: The simplest form of 'shambles' which could have been foreseen by any 12 year old.
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[ "Shambly" ]
1: Adjective. The state of being where one's life is in "shambles." Typically occurs the morning after fraternity parties or during exam weeks.
* e.g., ... That girl looked quite shambly on her walk of shame this morning.
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