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shail.

To walk or move unsteadily or haphazardly; stumbling or shuffling.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ʃeɪɫ/
  1. To walk or move unsteadily or haphazardly; stumbling or shuffling.

    dialectal · intransitive
    The mysterious woman meandered up the street, shailing and leaning precariously at times.
Where this word comes from

Possibly from Old English sceolh (“askew, awry, oblique, slanted”).

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