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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rif•fle /ˈrɪfəl/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -fled, -fling. - to flip hastily with the fingers;
flutter:to riffle papers.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rif•fle (rif′əl),USA pronunciation v., -fled, -fling, n. v.t., v.i. - to turn hastily;
flutter and shift:to riffle a stack of letters; to riffle through a book. - Games[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.
n. - a rapid, as in a stream.
- a ripple, as upon the surface of water.
- Miningthe 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.
- blend of, blended ripple1 and ruffle1 1630–40
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: riffle /ˈrɪfəl/ vb - when intr, often followed 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
n - US Canadian a rapid in a stream
- a rocky shoal causing a rapid
- a ripple on water
- a contrivance on the bottom of a sluice, containing transverse grooves for trapping particles of gold
- the act or an instance of riffling
Etymology: 18th Century: probably from ruffle1, influenced by ripple1 |