misshuffle

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ shuffle

Verb

misshuffle (third-person singular simple present misshuffles, present participle misshuffling, simple past and past participle misshuffled)

1. To shuffle incorrectly.
   • 1906, Herman Whitaker, The Settler, page 208:

     Small wonder that, in her trembling confusion, she misshuffled notes and slid Helen's into Bender's envelope.

   • 1985, Bob Tamarkin, The New Gatsbys: Fortunes and Misfortunes of Commodity Traders, page 170:

     More than once a pit trader has turned on a pit clerk who misshuffled a stack of orders during a fast price swing.

   • 1996, David Sosnowski, Rapture, page 126:

     The letter enclosed had been misshuffled, so that the last page came first, bearing only the PPS.

   • 1999, Konrad King, Hands on PowerPoint 2000, pages 3–4:

     When you use ordinary notes, you may lose or misshuffle your note cards during your presentation .

   • 2011, Mark Joseph, The Wild Card:

     Charlie picked up the red deck and promptly misshuffled, sending cards flying in all directions.

   • 2015, William N. Thompson, Gambling in America, page 52:

     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.

Noun

misshuffle (plural misshuffles)

1. An instance of misshuffling.
   • 1906 June, Herman Whitaker, “A Misshuffle”, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 113, number 673, page 141:

     Elder Peter groaned. "This was a sair misshuffle."

   • 2012, Daniel Handler, The Basic Eight:

     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.

   • 2014, Victor H Royer, Powerful Profits From Blackjack:

     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.