shamblesPronunciation: /ˈʃamb(ə)lz/Translate shambles | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of shambles noun [treated as singular] 1 informal a state of total disorder:my career was in a shambles 2a butcher’s slaughterhouse (archaic except in place names): the shambles where the animals were slaughteredshambles in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of shambles in the US English dictionary