RIFFLE Definition & Meaning

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riffle

[ rif-uhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with or without object)

riffled, riffling.

to turn hastily; flutter and shift:
to riffle a stack of letters; to riffle through a book.
Cards. to shuffle by dividing the deck in two, raising the corners slightly, and allowing them to fall alternately together.
to cause or become a riffle.

noun

a rapid, as in a stream.
a ripple, as upon the surface of water.
Mining. the lining of transverse bars or slats on the bed of a sluice, arranged so as to catch heavy minerals, as gold or platinum.
a hopper for distributing bulk material.
the act or method of riffling cards.

riffle

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verb

whenintr, often foll by through to flick rapidly through (the pages of a book, magazine, etc), esp in a desultory manner
to shuffle (playing cards) by halving the pack and flicking the adjacent corners together
to make or become a riffle

noun

1. a rapid in a stream
2. a rocky shoal causing a rapid
3. a ripple on water
mining a contrivance on the bottom of a sluice, containing transverse grooves for trapping particles of gold
the act or an instance of riffling

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of riffle¹

1630–40; blend of ripple ¹ and ruffle ¹

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of riffle¹

C18: probably from ruffle ¹, influenced by ripple ¹

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He riffled through his backpack and divvied up a few nugs from his florid personal stash, a welcome gift to the West Coast.

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They returned to her office, and while Mother tried to figure out what was happening, Dr. Cooper riffled through a filing cabinet, mumbling to herself.

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The songs often morph through multiple changes of tempo and texture, riffling unpredictably through indie-rock austerity, orchestral lushness, pop perkiness and hallucinatory electronic studio concoctions, like the cascade of wavery, overlapping piano lines in “Connect.”

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Ella riffled through the cabinet of herbs, eyes scanning over all the little drawers of dried roots and plants, the labels in Latin: trillium grandiflorum, viburnum, eugenia pimenta, and so on.

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Even after the Christmas rush, the aisles were packed with Asian customers riffling through racks of Ohtani jerseys and T-shirts featuring his caricature, his name stamped with Japan’s red sun symbol or the “SHO-TIME” logo.

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