riffle has definitions from the field of cards
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[ verb ] twitch or flutter

Synonyms

ruffle flick

Examples

"the paper flicked"

Used in print

(John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)

At the end of the room there was a desk heaped with papers , and she began to riffle these , making sighs and and noises of girlish exasperation .

Related terms

move

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[ noun ] a small wave on the surface of a liquid

Related terms

wave ripple

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[ verb ] (cards) shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix

Related terms

shuffle card_game

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[ verb ] stir up (water) so as to form ripples

Related terms

flow ripple fold

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[ verb ] look through a book or other written material

Synonyms

flick leaf thumb riff flip

Examples

"He thumbed through the report" "She leafed through the volume"

Related terms

peruse leaf

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 6632
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[ noun ] (cards) shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners

Related terms

shuffle

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