riffle

rif·fle  (rfl)

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.

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 become choppy, as water.

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[Possibly blend of ripple and ruffle.]

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riffle [ˈrɪf^əl]

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

3. to make or become a riffle

n

1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) US and Canadian

a.  a rapid in a stream

b.  a rocky shoal causing a rapid

c.  a ripple on water

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

3. the act or an instance of riffling

[probably from ruffle¹, influenced by ripple¹]

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"

Translations

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

riffle [ˈrɪf^əl] vt [+ pages] → feuilleter

riffle through

vt fus [+ pages, papers] → feuilleter

riffle

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