riffle

rif·fle

R0241700 (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.]

riffle

(ˈrɪfəl) vb1. (when: intr, often foll by through) to flick rapidly through (the pages of a book, magazine, etc), esp in a desultory manner2. (Card Games) to shuffle (playing cards) by halving the pack and flicking the adjacent corners together3. to make or become a rifflen4. (Physical Geography) a. a rapid in a streamb. a rocky shoal causing a rapidc. a ripple on water5. (Mining & Quarrying) mining a contrivance on the bottom of a sluice, containing transverse grooves for trapping particles of gold6. the act or an instance of riffling[C18: probably from ruffle¹, influenced by ripple¹]

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]

riffle

Past participle: riffled
Gerund: riffling

Imperative
riffle
riffle

Present
I riffle
you riffle
he/she/it riffles
we riffle
you riffle
they riffle

Preterite
I riffled
you riffled
he/she/it riffled
we riffled
you riffled
they riffled

Present Continuous
I am riffling
you are riffling
he/she/it is riffling
we are riffling
you are riffling
they are riffling

Present Perfect
I have riffled
you have riffled
he/she/it has riffled
we have riffled
you have riffled
they have riffled

Past Continuous
I was riffling
you were riffling
he/she/it was riffling
we were riffling
you were riffling
they were riffling

Past Perfect
I had riffled
you had riffled
he/she/it had riffled
we had riffled
you had riffled
they had riffled

Future
I will riffle
you will riffle
he/she/it will riffle
we will riffle
you will riffle
they will riffle

Future Perfect
I will have riffled
you will have riffled
he/she/it will have riffled
we will have riffled
you will have riffled
they will have riffled

Future Continuous
I will be riffling
you will be riffling
he/she/it will be riffling
we will be riffling
you will be riffling
they will be riffling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been riffling
you have been riffling
he/she/it has been riffling
we have been riffling
you have been riffling
they have been riffling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been riffling
you will have been riffling
he/she/it will have been riffling
we will have been riffling
you will have been riffling
they will have been riffling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been riffling
you had been riffling
he/she/it had been riffling
we had been riffling
you had been riffling
they had been riffling

Conditional
I would riffle
you would riffle
he/she/it would riffle
we would riffle
you would riffle
they would riffle

Past Conditional
I would have riffled
you would have riffled
he/she/it would have riffled
we would have riffled
you would have riffled
they would have riffled

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	riffle - a small wave on the surface of a liquidripple, rippling, waveletmoving 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 cornersshuffle, shuffling, make - the act of mixing cards haphazardly
Verb	1.	riffle - twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked"ruffle, flickmove, 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, flipperuse - examine or consider with attention and in detail; "Please peruse this report at your leisure"
	3.	riffle - stir up (water) so as to form ripplescockle, ripple, ruffle, undulateflow, 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 intermixcard game, cards - a game played with playing cardsshuffle, mix, ruffle - mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards"

riffle

verb1. 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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