Added 9 October 2026 shifting /ˈʃɪftɪŋ/ noun Categories: ActionsUncommon Words noun ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about shifting at Wordnik → Where our words come from → The act of moving from one place to another. his constant shifting disrupted the class adjective Continuously varying. taffeta with shifting colors Changing position or direction. he drifted into the shifting crowd (of soil) unstable. shifting sands Related Words: movingvariablelooseunfirmmovementtransitionturningtransferchangereversingreversaltransferring Back to today's word