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riffles

 
Noun riffle has 2 senses
  1. ripple, rippling, riffle, wavelet - a small wave on the surface of a liquid
    --1 is a kind of wave, moving ridge
    Derived form: verb riffle3
  2. riffle - shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners
    --2 is a kind of
    shuffle, shuffling, make
    Derived form: verb riffle4
Verb riffle has 4 senses
  1. flick, ruffle, riffle - twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked"
    --1 is one way to move, displace
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. 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
  3. ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate - stir up (water) so as to form ripples
    --3 is one way to flow, flux
    Derived form: noun riffle1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s something
  4. 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
    Derived form: noun riffle2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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