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riffle
[ rif-uhl ]
verb (used with or without object)
- to turn hastily; flutter and shift:
to riffle a stack of letters; to riffle through a book.
- Cards. to shuffle by dividing the deck in two, raising the corners slightly, and allowing them to fall alternately together.
- to cause or become a riffle.
noun
- a rapid, as in a stream.
- a ripple, as upon the surface of water.
- Mining. the lining of transverse bars or slats on the bed of a sluice, arranged so as to catch heavy minerals, as gold or platinum.
- a hopper for distributing bulk material.
- the act or method of riffling cards.
riffle
/ ˈrɪfəl /
verb
- whenintr, often foll by through to flick rapidly through (the pages of a book, magazine, etc), esp in a desultory manner
- to shuffle (playing cards) by halving the pack and flicking the adjacent corners together
- to make or become a riffle
noun
- a rapid in a stream
- a rocky shoal causing a rapid
- a ripple on water
- mining a contrivance on the bottom of a sluice, containing transverse grooves for trapping particles of gold
- the act or an instance of riffling
Other Words From
- un·riffled adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of riffle1
Example Sentences
They returned to her office, and while Mother tried to figure out what was happening, Dr. Cooper riffled through a filing cabinet, mumbling to herself.
The songs often morph through multiple changes of tempo and texture, riffling unpredictably through indie-rock austerity, orchestral lushness, pop perkiness and hallucinatory electronic studio concoctions, like the cascade of wavery, overlapping piano lines in “Connect.”
Brigit riffled inside and retrieved old styluses, a moldy Marveller-bar, and a huge skeleton key imprinted with a diamond and wrapped in thread.
Even after the Christmas rush, the aisles were packed with Asian customers riffling through racks of Ohtani jerseys and T-shirts featuring his caricature, his name stamped with Japan’s red sun symbol or the “SHO-TIME” logo.
In the recording, the former president is heard riffling through papers and saying: "This is highly confidential".
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