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Meaning of word riffle from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : Twitch or flutter.

Example : The paper flicked.

Synonyms : flick, ruffle

Meaning : Look through a book or other written material.

Example : He thumbed through the report.
She leafed through the volume.

Synonyms : flick, flip, leaf, riff, thumb

Meaning : Stir up (water) so as to form ripples.

Synonyms : cockle, ripple, ruffle, undulate

Meaning : Shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix.

Meaning : A small wave on the surface of a liquid.

Synonyms : ripple, rippling, wavelet

Meaning : Shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners.

wear away (verb)
Cut away in small pieces.

wage increase (noun)
The amount a salary is increased.

demolish (verb)
Destroy completely.

cut short (verb)
Interrupt before its natural or planned end.

dispose (verb)
Give, sell, or transfer to another.

most (adjective)
(superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number.

changeover (noun)
An event that results in a transformation.

fruitfully (adverb)
In a productive way.

stethoscope (noun)
A medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body.

cockroach (noun)
Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects. Some are domestic pests.