Synonyms of riffle

Noun


1. ripple, rippling, riffle, wavelet, wave, moving ridge

usage: a small wave on the surface of a liquid

2. riffle, shuffle, shuffling, make

usage: shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners

Verb


1. flick, ruffle, riffle, move, displace

usage: twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked"

2. flick, flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riff, peruse

usage: look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"

3. ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate, flow, flux

usage: stir up (water) so as to form ripples

4. riffle, shuffle, ruffle, mix

usage: shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix

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Definition and meaning of riffle (Dictionary)