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riffle

[ rif-uhl ]

verb (used with or without object)

, rif·fled, rif·fling.
  1. to turn hastily; flutter and shift:

    to riffle a stack of letters; to riffle through a book.

  2. Cards. to shuffle by dividing the deck in two, raising the corners slightly, and allowing them to fall alternately together.
  3. to cause or become a riffle.


noun

  1. a rapid, as in a stream.
  2. a ripple, as upon the surface of water.
  3. 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.
  4. a hopper for distributing bulk material.
  5. the act or method of riffling cards.

riffle

/ ˈrɪfəl /

verb

  1. whenintr, often foll by through to flick rapidly through (the pages of a book, magazine, etc), esp in a desultory manner
  2. to shuffle (playing cards) by halving the pack and flicking the adjacent corners together
  3. to make or become a riffle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

    1. a rapid in a stream
    2. a rocky shoal causing a rapid
    3. a ripple on water
  1. mining a contrivance on the bottom of a sluice, containing transverse grooves for trapping particles of gold
  2. the act or an instance of riffling
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • un·riffled adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of riffle1

1630–40; blend of ripple 1 and ruffle 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of riffle1

C18: probably from ruffle 1, influenced by ripple 1
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Example Sentences

The river was low, but not fordable except at Coxe's Riffle, a few miles below Steubenville.

We might have made the riffle, I guess, if Denny hadn't played out and tumbled from his saddle.

He watched the two Lhari riffle through his papers with their odd pointed claws.

Riffle—A groove or strip to catch gold and mercury in a sluice.

I'll go in just below the riffle and explore the cellar-hole!

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