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Noun: riffle  ri-ful
  1. A small wave on the surface of a liquid
    - ripple, rippling, wavelet
     
  2. Shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners
Verb: riffle  ri-ful
  1. Twitch or flutter
    "the paper riffled";
    - flick, ruffle
     
  2. Look through a book or other written material
    "He riffled through the report";
    - flick, flip, thumb, leaf, riff
     
  3. Stir up (water) so as to form ripples
    - ripple, ruffle, cockle, undulate
     
  4. (card game) shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix

Derived forms: riffles, riffling, riffled

Type of: displace, flow, flux, make, mix, move, moving ridge, peruse, ruffle, shuffle, shuffling, wave

Encyclopedia: Riffle, West Virginia