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Definitions for Riffle

[1] to turn hastily; flutter and shift: to riffle a stack of letters; to riffle through a book.
[2] Cards . to shuffle by dividing the deck in two, raising the corners slightly, and allowing them to fall alternately together.
[3] to cause or become a riffle.
[4] a rapid, as in a stream.
[5] a ripple, as upon the surface of water.
[6] 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.
[7] a hopper for distributing bulk material.
[8] the act or method of riffling cards.
[9] (when intr , often foll by through ) to flick rapidly through (the pages of a book, magazine, etc), esp in a desultory manner
[10] to shuffle (playing cards) by halving the pack and flicking the adjacent corners together
[11] to make or become a riffle
[12] US and Canadian a rapid in a stream a rocky shoal causing a rapid a ripple on water
[13] mining a contrivance on the bottom of a sluice, containing transverse grooves for trapping particles of gold
[14] the act or an instance of riffling

Words related to Riffle

disorder, disturb, confuse, shift, disarray, disorganize, discompose, intermix, change, jumble, dislocate, disrupt, scramble, disarrange, feed, leaf, scan, read, nibble, peruse

Words nearby Riffle

rifamycin, rifaʿiya, rife, riff, riffage, riffle, riffler, riffola, riffraff, rifle, rifle bird

Origin of Riffle

1630–40; blend of ripple1 and ruffle1

Words that may be confused with Riffle

riffle, rifle

Other words from Riffle

un·rif·fled , adjective

Word origin for Riffle

C18: probably from ruffle 1 , influenced by ripple 1

Synonyms for Riffle

change, confuse, disarrange, disarray, discompose, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, intermix, jumble, scramble, shift, break the deck, change the order, mess up