Associations to the word «Riffle»

RIFFLE, noun. A fast-flowing, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.

RIFFLE, noun. A succession of small waves.

RIFFLE, noun. A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed. Also one of the cleats, grooves or steps in such trough.

RIFFLE, noun. A quick skim through the pages of a book.

RIFFLE, noun. The act of shuffling cards; the sound made while shuffling cards.

RIFFLE, verb. (intransitive) To flow over a fast moving shallow part of a stream.

RIFFLE, verb. (transitive) To ruffle with a rippling action.

RIFFLE, verb. (intransitive) To skim or flick through the pages of a book.

RIFFLE, verb. (transitive) To leaf through rapidly.

RIFFLE, verb. (transitive) To shuffle playing cards by separating the deck in two and sliding the thumbs along the edges of the cards to mix the two parts.

RIFFLE, verb. (transitive) To idly manipulate objects with the fingers.

RIFFLE, verb. (transitive) To prepare samples of material using a riffler.

RIFFLE BEETLE, noun. Any of the Elmidae, a family of beetles in the superfamily Byrrhoidea.

RIFFLE BUG, noun. Any insect in the family Veliidae, aquatic true bugs related to the water striders.

RIFFLE BUGS, noun. Plural of riffle bug

RIFFLE, noun. A small wave on the surface of a liquid.

RIFFLE, noun. Shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners.

RIFFLE, verb. Twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked".

RIFFLE, verb. Look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume".

RIFFLE, verb. Stir up (water) so as to form ripples.

RIFFLE, verb. Shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix.