שָׁבַשׁ (= שבשב, cmp. שׁוֹבָב) to run in all directions, blunder.
    Pi. - שִׁבֵּשׁ to entangle, confound; part. pass. מְשׁוּבָּשׁ; f. מְשׁוּבֶּשֶׁת thrown into confusion. Yeb. XVI, 7, v. גַּיָּיס. Lev. R. s. 35; Cant. R. to VI, 11.
    Hithpa. - הִשְׁתַּבֵּשׁ to be entangled. Midr. Till. to Ps. XVIII, 11 וטלפות סוסיהן מִשְׁתַּבְּשׁוֹת ed. Bub. (oth. ed. משתמטות) and the hoofs of their horses were entangled (caught in the mud).