reshuffle

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

English shuffle

English reshuffle

From re- + shuffle.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌfəl

Verb

reshuffle (third-person singular simple present reshuffles, present participle reshuffling, simple past and past participle reshuffled)

1. To shuffle something again, especially playing cards.
2. To reorganize or rearrange something, especially government posts.
   • 2005 August 21, Chris Campion, “J-Pop's dream factory”, in The Observer‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 11 April 2021:

     The girls are constantly reshuffled into new permutations in order to feed the J-pop market's insatiable demand for fresh looks and faces.

Derived terms

• reshuffler

Translations

to shuffle something again

• Bulgarian: разбърквам (bg) (razbǎrkvam)
• French: rebattre (fr)
• Italian: rimescolare (it)

to reorganize or rearrange something

• Bulgarian: преустройвам (bg) (preustrojvam)
• French: remanier (fr)
• German: umstrukturieren (de), umbesetzen
• Hungarian: átalakít (hu)
• Italian: rimaneggiare (it), rimpastare
• Japanese: 改造 (ja) (かいぞう, kaizō), 異動 (ja) (いどう, idō) (personnel)
• Spanish: reorganizar (es)
• Tagalog: balasahin

Noun

reshuffle (plural reshuffles)

1. An instance of reshuffling, a reorganization.
   • 1961 August, “Motive Power Miscellany: Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 505:

     The changeover to almost exclusive electric and diesel working on the London-Ashford-Kent Coast main line at the beginning of the summer timetable naturally initiated a widespread reshuffle of steam motive power, involving some moves of considerable interest.

   • 2011 January 18, David Dulin, “Cardiff 0 - 2 Stoke”, in BBC Sport‎^[2], archived from the original on 19 March 2011:

     Danny Higginbotham was the only survivor from the weekend win over Bolton - but the Stoke captain lasted just 10 minutes before being forced off injured. That meant a reshuffle to the visitors' defence who were the busier in a lacklustre first half.

   • 2023 January 11, Maggie Simpson tells Tom Allett, “Freight's champion”, in RAIL, number 974, page 41:

     Simpson had also been due to meet new Rail Minister Kevin Foster, but that too had to be cancelled on the day because of a further reshuffle.

   • 2026 January 28, “Nervous Allies and Fox News: How Trump Realized He Had a Big Problem in Minneapolis”, in The New York Times‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 January 2026:

     Ms. Noem, the homeland security secretary, knew that a reshuffle in Minneapolis was bad news for her. She was, after all, the woman in charge of immigration.

Translations

an instance of reshuffling

• Bulgarian: промя́на (bg) f (promjána)
• French: remaniement (fr) (political)
• German: Umbesetzung f, Revirement (de) n, Umstrukturierung (de) f
• Italian: rimpasto (it) m (political), rimaneggiamento (it)
• Spanish: reajuste (es) (government, politics)