Thesaurus: riffle
A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed; also, one of the cleats, grooves, or steps in such a trough. A…
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- n. A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed; also, one of the cleats, grooves, or steps in such a trough. Also called ripple.
- n. a small wave on the surface of a liquid
- n. shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners
- v. twitch or flutter
- v. look through a book or other written material
- v. stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- v. shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix
- A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed; also, one of the cleats, grooves, or steps in such a trough. Also called ripple.
- A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across thebottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold whenauriferous earth is washed; also, one of the cleats, grooves, orsteps in such a trough. Also called ripple.
- n:47/v:53 n. shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners v. shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix