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English noun: riffle | |||
| 1. | riffle (event) a small wave on the surface of a liquid | ||
| Synonyms | ripple, rippling, wavelet | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | moving ridge, wave | ||
| 2. | riffle (act) shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | make, shuffle, shuffling | ||
English verb: riffle | |||
| 1. | riffle (contact) twitch or flutter | ||
| Samples | The paper flicked. | ||
| Synonyms | flick, ruffle | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| 2. | riffle (perception) look through a book or other written material | ||
| Samples | He thumbed through the report. She leafed through the volume. | ||
| Examples | The customs agents riffle the bags for drugs | ||
| Synonyms | flick, flip, leaf, riff, thumb | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | peruse | ||
| 3. | riffle (motion) stir up (water) so as to form ripples | ||
| Synonyms | cockle, ripple, ruffle, undulate | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flow, flux | ||
| Entail | fold, fold up, turn up | ||
| 4. | riffle (contact) shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mix, ruffle, shuffle | ||
| Domain category | card game, cards | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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