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Noun riffle has 2 senses
- ripple, rippling, riffle, wavelet - a small wave on the surface of a liquid
--1 is a kind of wave, moving ridge
- riffle - shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners
--2 is a kind of shuffle, shuffling, make
Verb riffle has 4 senses
- flick, ruffle, riffle - twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked"
--1 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- flick, flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riff - look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"
--2 is one way to peruse
Sample sentence:
The customs agents riffle the bags for drugs
- ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate - stir up (water) so as to form ripples
--3 is one way to flow, flux
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
- riffle - shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix
--4 is one way to shuffle, ruffle, mix
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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