shuffle
The act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.
The act of reordering anything, such as music tracks in a media player.
An instance of walking without lifting one's feet.
A rhythm commonly used in blues music, consisting of a series of triplet notes with the middle note missing, so that it sounds like a long note followed by a short note, and suggests a walker dragging one foot.
A dance move in which the foot is scuffed back and forth across the floor.
A trick; an artifice; an evasion.
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Rhymes
Words that share the same ending sound pattern
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing