Synonyms for riffle
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : rif-uh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɪf əl |
Top 10 synonyms for riffle Other synonyms for the word riffle
- break the deck
- change the order
- check over
- dip into
- examine cursorily
- feed
- flip through
- get the cream
- give the once over
- glance at
- graze
- hit the high spots
- inspect loosely
- intermix
- jumble
- leaf
- leaf through
- mess up
- nibble
- once over lightly
- pass an eye over
- peruse
- read
- read here and there
- riff through
- riffle through
- run through
- scan
- scramble
- shift
- skim
- skip through
- survey
- thumb
- thumb through wander
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for riffle
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