riffle
pronunciation
How to pronounce riffle in British English:
UK [ˈrɪfl]
How to pronounce riffle in American English:
US [ˈrɪfəl]
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- Noun:
- a small wave on the surface of a liquid
- shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners
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- Verb:
- twitch or flutter
- look through a book or other written material
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix
Word Origin
- riffle (v.)
- 1754, "to make choppy water," American English, perhaps a variant of ruffle "make rough." The word meaning "shuffle" (cards) is first recorded 1894, probably echoic; hence that of "skim, leaf through quickly" (of papers, etc.) is from 1922. Related: Riffled; riffling.
Example
- 1. He won a house in a riffle and sold this one .
- 2. The riffle pass was invented by dr. william in the turn of the century .
- 3. It wasn 't until several months later , while fishing a deep swift riffle , that the indicator really paid off .
- 4. Biomass and community structure of epilithic diatoms in pool , run , and riffle of streams in wuling area .
- 5. There are many rivers in scotland , iceland and norway where streamer-like flies such as the collie dog and the moonray shadow are fished , sometimes with a hitch in the line to create a riffle .