riffle
verb /ˈrɪfl/
/ˈrɪfl/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they riffle | /ˈrɪfl/ /ˈrɪfl/ |
| he / she / it riffles | /ˈrɪflz/ /ˈrɪflz/ |
| past simple riffled | /ˈrɪfld/ /ˈrɪfld/ |
| past participle riffled | /ˈrɪfld/ /ˈrɪfld/ |
| -ing form riffling | /ˈrɪflɪŋ/ /ˈrɪflɪŋ/ |
- to turn over papers or the pages of a book quickly and without reading them all synonym leaf
- riffle through something He was riffling through the papers on his desk.
- riffle something to riffle the pages of a book
Word Originlate 18th cent. (referring to a certain way of shuffling cards): perhaps from a variant of the verb ruffle, influenced by ripple.