See Also: riffle(medicine)
riffle(1)(dictionary)
riffle(2)(dictionary)
riffle(dictionary)
Riffle - Blackjack(gambling)
Las Vegas Riffle - Poker(gambling)
Riffle Cull - Poker(gambling)
Riffle Shuffle - Poker(gambling)
Riffle Stack - Poker(gambling)

riffle(2) (iou)



riffle verb. M17.
[Perh. partly a var. of RUFFLE verb1, partly from French riffler = Old & mod. French rifler RIFLE verb1. Infl. by RIPPLE verb1.]
a. verb intrans. Caress one another. rare. Only in M17.
b. verb trans. Handle tentatively or gently; caress; ruffle in a light or rippling manner. M19.
P. Theroux A stiff breeze riffling the Lombardy poplars.
verb intrans. Of water: form a ripple or a rapid. US. rare. M18.
a. verb trans. Cards. Shuffle (cards) by flicking up and releasing the corners or sides of two piles of cards so that they intermingle and may be slid together to form a single pile. L19.
b. verb trans. Flick through (a book, pages, papers etc.); thumb through (a book etc.), releasing the leaves in (esp. rapid) succession. E20.
J. Tusa The officer..riffles the passport pages.
c. verb intrans. Thumb or leaf through, search quickly through. M20.
M. Leapman Riffling through books of etiquette. P. Auster I ransacked the closet..riffling through drawers.