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- DictionaryRif·fle/ˈrif(ə)l/
verb
- 1. turn over something, especially the pages of a book, quickly and casually: "he riffled through the pages"
noun
- 1. a quick or casual leaf or search through something: "just a riffle through the books"
- 2. a rocky or shallow part of a stream or river with rough water: North American "the river's sweeping riffles and deep pools provide a superb habitat for salmon"
The meaning of RIFFLE is to form, flow over, or move in riffles. How to use riffle in a sentence.
noun. a rapid in a stream. a rocky shoal causing a rapid. a ripple on water. mining a contrivance on the bottom of a sluice, containing transverse grooves for trapping particles of gold. the act or an instance of riffling.
RIFFLE definition: 1. to look quickly through the pages of a book, magazine, etc., or through a collection of things…. Learn more.
1. to flip hastily with the fingers; flutter: to riffle papers. 2. to shuffle (cards) by dividing a deck in two, raising the corners of the cards slightly, and allowing them to fall alternately together. 3. to cause a ripple in or upon. v.i.
noun. a small wave on the surface of a liquid. synonyms: ripple, rippling, wavelet. see more. see less. type of: moving ridge, wave. one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) verb.
a. a shoal, reef, or shallow in a stream, producing a stretch of ruffled or choppy water. b. a stretch of such water. c. a ripple or the ripples of such water. 2. a. a contrivance, as of bars or slats, put across the bottom of a sluice to form grooves or open spaces for catching and holding particles of gold in mining.
Definition of riffle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A complete guide to the word "RIFFLE": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
A contrivance, as of bars or slats, put across the bottom of a sluice to form grooves or open spaces for catching and holding particles of gold in mining. To leaf rapidly through (a book, etc.), as by letting the edges or corners of the pages slip lightly across the thumb.
Jun 2, 2024 · riffle (third-person singular simple present riffles, present participle riffling, simple past and past participle riffled) ( intransitive ) To flow over a swift, shallow part of a stream. ( transitive ) To ruffle with a rippling action.
