riffle

/ɹˈɪfəl/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. twitch or flutter
   “the paper flicked”
2. look through a book or other written material
   “He thumbed through the report”
3. stir up (water) so as to form ripples
4. shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix

noun

1. a small wave on the surface of a liquid
2. shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners

Synonyms for riffle

• flick
• ruffle
• flip
• thumb
• leaf
• riff
• ripple
• cockle
• undulate
• rippling
• wavelet

Words that rhyme with riffle

• sniffle
• biffle
• riffel
• stifel
• stiffel