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Grammar : Verb
Spell : rif-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɪf əl



Definition of riffle

Origin :
  • 1754, "to make choppy water," American English, perhaps a variant of ruffle "make rough." The word meaning "shuffle" (cards) is first recorded 1894, probably echoic; hence that of "skim, leaf through quickly" (of papers, etc.) is from 1922. Related: Riffled; riffling.
  • verb shuffle
  • verb browse
Example sentences :
  • Then I saw a fire over here, and just managed to make the riffle.
  • Extract from : « Motor Boat Boys on the Great Lakes » by Louis Arundel
  • "I'll back my boys to make the riffle," confidently asserted Roque.
  • Extract from : « Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in Germany » by Horace Porter
  • At the bottom of each ledge is a riffle to arrest the particles of gold.
  • Extract from : « Getting Gold » by J. C. F. Johnson
  • In the third riffle, seven cards have to be held up, and in the fourth, ten.
  • Extract from : « Sharps and Flats » by John Nevil Maskelyne
  • Riffle—A groove or strip to catch gold and mercury in a sluice.
  • Extract from : « The A B C of Mining » by Charles A. Bramble
  • I'll go in just below the riffle and explore the cellar-hole!
  • Extract from : « The Hero of Manila » by Rossiter Johnson
  • Only too often, in fact, it will be drawn in despite every effort to avoid the riffle.
  • Extract from : « Down the Yellowstone » by Lewis R. Freeman
  • One can drift a riffle stern first that is too rough to ride any other way.
  • Extract from : « Down the Yellowstone » by Lewis R. Freeman
  • We had to cross a rapid river at a riffle where the motor-cars were just able to make it.
  • Extract from : « A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open » by Theodore Roosevelt
  • We took my remuda, the spades and axes, and started for the riffle.
  • Extract from : « The Outlet » by Andy Adams

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