riffle
1. a small wave on the surface of a liquid
• Syn:
ripple, rippling, wavelet
• Derivationally related forms:
wave (for: wavelet), ripple (for: rippling), ripple (for: ripple)
• Hypernyms:
wave, moving ridge
2. shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners
• Hypernyms:
shuffle, shuffling, make
1. twitch or flutter (Freq. 1)
- the paper flicked
• Syn:
flick, ruffle
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. stir up (water) so as to form ripples
• Syn:
ripple, ruffle, cockle, undulate
• Derivationally related forms:
ripple (for: ripple), rippling (for: ripple)
• Hypernyms:
flow, flux
• Entailment:
fold, fold up, turn up
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
3. look through a book or other written material
- He thumbed through the report
- She leafed through the volume
• Syn:
flick, flip, thumb, leaf, riff
• Derivationally related forms:
leaf (for: leaf)
• Hypernyms:
peruse
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
- The customs agents riffle the bags for drugs
4. shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix
• Topics:
card game, cards
• Hypernyms:
shuffle, ruffle, mix
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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