riffling

Verb

riffle (third-person singular simple present riffles, present participle riffling, simple past and past participle riffled)

1. (intransitive) To flow over a swift, shallow part of a stream.
2. (transitive) To ruffle with a rippling action.
3. (intransitive) To skim or flick through the pages of a book.
4. (transitive) To leaf through rapidly.
   • Near-synonym: rifle

   Synonyms:

   rifle

5. (transitive) To shuffle playing cards by separating the deck in two and sliding the thumbs along the edges of the cards to mix the two parts.
6. (transitive) To idly manipulate objects with the fingers.

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