riffle (n.)

  1. a small wave on the surface of a liquid

    [ Syn: ripple , rippling , wavelet ]

  2. shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners

    riffle (v.)

  1. twitch or flutter; the paper flicked

    [ Syn: flick , ruffle ]

  2. look through a book or other written material; He thumbed through the report; She leafed through the volume

    [ Syn: flick , flip , thumb , leaf , riff ]

  3. stir up (water) so as to form ripples

    [ Syn: ripple , ruffle , cockle , undulate ]

  4. shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix

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