riffle

rif·fle

 (rĭf′əl)

n.

1.

a. A rocky shoal or sandbar lying just below the surface of a waterway.

b. A stretch of choppy water caused by such a shoal or sandbar; a rapid.

c. A wave or ripple in such water.

2.

a. In mining, the sectional stone or wood bottom lining of a sluice, arranged for trapping mineral particles, as of gold.

b. A groove or block in such a lining.

3. Games The act or an instance of shuffling cards.

v. rif·fled, rif·fling, rif·fles

v.tr.

1. Games To shuffle (playing cards) by holding part of a deck in each hand and raising up the edges before releasing them to fall alternately in one stack.

2. To thumb through (the pages of a book, for example).

v.intr.

1. Games To shuffle cards.

2. To flow in rough waves or become choppy, as water.

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[Possibly blend of ripple and ruffle.]

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riffle

(ˈrɪfəl)

vb

1. (when: intr, often foll by through) to flick rapidly through (the pages of a book, magazine, etc), esp in a desultory manner

2. (Card Games) to shuffle (playing cards) by halving the pack and flicking the adjacent corners together

3. to make or become a riffle

n

4. (Physical Geography)

a. a rapid in a stream

b. a rocky shoal causing a rapid

c. a ripple on water

5. (Mining & Quarrying) mining a contrivance on the bottom of a sluice, containing transverse grooves for trapping particles of gold

6. the act or an instance of riffling

[C18: probably from ruffle¹, influenced by ripple¹]

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rif•fle

(ˈrɪf əl)

v. -fled, -fling,
n. v.t.

1. to flip hastily with the fingers; flutter: to riffle papers.

2. to shuffle (cards) by dividing a deck in two, raising the corners of the cards slightly, and allowing them to fall alternately together.

3. to cause a ripple in or upon.

v.i.

4. to become riffled; flutter or ripple; move in ripples.

n.

5. a rapid, as in a stream.

6. a ripple, as upon the surface of water.

7. the act or method of riffling cards.

[1630–40; perh.b. rippleand ruffle¹]

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riffle

Past participle: riffled
Gerund: riffling

Imperative

riffle

riffle

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	riffle - a small wave on the surface of a liquid ripple, rippling, wavelet moving ridge, wave - one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
	2.	riffle - shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners shuffle, shuffling, make - the act of mixing cards haphazardly
Verb	1.	riffle - twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked" ruffle, flick move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
	2.	riffle - look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" leaf, riff, thumb, flick, flip peruse - examine or consider with attention and in detail; "Please peruse this report at your leisure"
	3.	riffle - stir up (water) so as to form ripples cockle, ripple, ruffle, undulate flow, flux - move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"
	4.	riffle - shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix card game, cards - a game played with playing cards shuffle, mix, ruffle - mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards"

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riffle

verb

1. Games. To mix together so as to change the order of arrangement:

jumble, scramble, shuffle.

2. To look through reading matter casually.Also used with through:

browse, dip into, flip through, glance at (or over) (or through), leaf (through), run through, scan, skim, thumb (through).

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Translations

sfogliare

riffle

[ˈrɪfəl] VT (also riffle through) → hojear
to riffle (through) a book → hojear (rápidamente) un libro

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riffle

[ˈrɪf^əl] vt [+ pages] → feuilleter

riffle through

vt fus [+ pages, papers] → feuilleter

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riffle

vt (also riffle through) pages → blättern durch; cards → mischen

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