misshuffle

verb, noun — 2 senses

misshuffle

verb

Etymology From mis- + shuffle.

1

To shuffle incorrectly.

  • Small wonder that, in her trembling confusion, she misshuffled notes and slid Helen's into Bender's envelope.1906, Herman Whitaker, The Settler, page 208:
  • More than once a pit trader has turned on a pit clerk who misshuffled a stack of orders during a fast price swing.1985, Bob Tamarkin, The New Gatsbys: Fortunes and Misfortunes of Commodity Traders, page 170:
4 more examples
  • The letter enclosed had been misshuffled, so that the last page came first, bearing only the PPS.1996, David Sosnowski, Rapture, page 126:
  • When you use ordinary notes, you may lose or misshuffle your note cards during your presentation .1999, Konrad King, Hands on PowerPoint 2000, pages 3–4:
  • Charlie picked up the red deck and promptly misshuffled, sending cards flying in all directions.2011, Mark Joseph, The Wild Card:
  • More likely, however, is that a cheater can misshuffle and misdeal, taking cards from the bottom of the deck or middle of the deck in order to help or hurt a particular player.2015, William N. Thompson, Gambling in America, page 52:

misshuffle

noun

Etymology From mis- + shuffle.

1

An instance of misshuffling.

  • Elder Peter groaned. "This was a sair misshuffle."1906 June, Herman Whitaker, “A Misshuffle”, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 113, number 673, page 141:
  • Right now I have the suspicion that the ace of diamonds is trapped forever, face down, beneath the king of diamonds, which is sneering at me like Juror Number Five, and my whole life feels like a similar misshuffle.2012, Daniel Handler, The Basic Eight:
1 more example
  • There are constant jams and misshuffles that cause the game to stop while someone attracts the attention of the pit boss so that the shuffling monster can be fixed.2014, Victor H Royer, Powerful Profits From Blackjack:

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