1. A small wave on the surface of a liquid
   "The riffle of the pond's surface was caused by a light breeze";
   - ripple, rippling, wavelet
    
2. Shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners
   "The magician's riffle was so smooth it was almost imperceptible"
    
3. [N. Amer] A shallow part of a stream where water flows rapidly over gravel
   "Trout often gather in the riffles"

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. Form small waves or wrinkles
   "She riffled the pages of the book";
   - 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
   "The dealer riffled the cards before dealing the next hand"

Derived forms: riffles, riffled, riffling

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

Encyclopedia: Riffle, West Virginia