riffle

n.

1. 1. A rocky shoal or sandbar lying just below the surface of a waterway.
   2. A stretch of choppy water caused by such a shoal or sandbar; a rapid.
2. 1. In mining, the sectional stone or wood bottom lining of a sluice, arranged for trapping mineral particles, as of gold.
   2. A groove or block in such a lining.
3. Games. The act or an instance of shuffling cards.

v., -fled, -fling, -fles.

v.tr.

1. Games. To shuffle (playing cards) by holding part of a deck in each hand and raising up the edges before releasing them to fall alternately in one stack.
2. To thumb through (the pages of a book, for example).

v.intr.

1. Games. To shuffle cards.
2. To become choppy, as water.

[Possibly blend of RIPPLE¹ and RUFFLE¹.]

verb

1. To mix together so as to change the order of arrangement: jumble, scramble, shuffle. See change/persist, order/disorder.
2. To look through reading matter casually. browse, dip into, flip through, glance at (or over) (or through), leaf (through), run through, scan, skim, thumb (through). See investigate, words.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a small wave on the surface of a liquid
  Synonyms: ripple, rippling, wavelet

Meaning #2: shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners

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The verb riffle has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: twitch or flutter
  Synonyms: flick, ruffle

Meaning #2: look through a book or other written material
  Synonyms: flick, flip, thumb, leaf, riff

Meaning #3: stir up (water) so as to form ripples
  Synonyms: ripple, ruffle, cockle, undulate

Meaning #4: shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - gennemblade, blande (kort)
v. intr. - bladre, kruse
n. - krusning, strømfald, kortblanding

Nederlands (Dutch)
schudden (kaarten), waterval

Français (French)
v. tr. - mélanger/battre (les cartes), feuilleter rapidement, parcourir
v. intr. - mélanger (les cartes), devenir agité (la mer)
n. - action de mélanger les cartes, banc de sable, (un) rapide, (Minér) cuvelage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Riefelung, Durchlaßrinne, seichter (Fluß)abschnitt, kleine Welle, Stechen (Mischen von Karten)
v. - (Karten) stechen, schnell durchblättern

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κρησάρα διαχωρισμού ψηγμάτων χρυσού σε ποτάμι κ.λπ.
v. - ξεφυλλίζω, φυλλομετρώ

Italiano (Italian)
secca, increspatura, traversino, sfogliare, increspare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ato de embaralhar cartas
v. - embaralhar rapidamente

Русский (Russian)
перегородка, желобчатый делитель, желобок, быстро перелистать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - barajar, mezclar naipes, hojear, hacer pasar por la ranura de una artesa
v. intr. - barajar, mezclar naipes, hojear, hacer pasar por la ranura de una artesa
n. - ranura de una artesa, peinado de naipes, rápido de poca altura, peinado (de la baraja)

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - krusning, guldvaskningsanordning
v. - krusa, bläddra igenom

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使波动, 迅速洗牌, 迅速翻阅, 波动, 浅滩, 涟漪, 急流

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使波動, 迅速洗牌, 迅速翻閱
v. intr. - 波動, 迅速翻閱
n. - 淺灘, 漣漪, 急流

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 펄럭펄럭 넘기다, 잔물결이 일게 하다
v. intr. - 펄럭펄럭 넘기다, 잔물결이 일다
n. - 강의 물살이 빠른 곳, 트럼프 카드 섞는 법, 홈

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 早瀬, さざなみ, リッフル, リッフルの木や石
v. - さざなみを立たせる, はためかせる, リッフルを通す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) منحدر النهر, موجه صغيرة, خلط أوراق اللعب (فعل) يخلط ورق اللعب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮העלה אדווה, דפדף, עלעל, טרף קלפים‬
v. intr. - ‮העלה אדווה, דפדף, עלעל, טרף קלפים‬
n. - ‮אדווה, טריפת קלפים, קצף-מים, חלק רדוד של פלג שזרימת המים נשברת בו‬

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