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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
/ ˈɪə /
verb
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 51Թ Forms
- unriffled adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of riffle1
Example Sentences
He riffled through his backpack and divvied up a few nugs from his florid personal stash, a welcome gift to the West Coast.
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.
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