riffle

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a small wave on the surface of a liquid

Similar word(s): ripple, rippling, wavelet

Definition categories: event, wave

2. shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners

Definition categories: act, make, shuffle, shuffling

verb

1. twitch or flutter

Similar word(s): flick, ruffle

Definition categories: contact, displace, move

2. look through a book or other written material

Similar word(s): flick, flip, leaf, riff, thumb

Definition categories: perception, peruse

3. stir up (water) so as to form ripples

Similar word(s): cockle, ripple, ruffle, undulate

Definition categories: motion, flow, flux

4. shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix

Definition categories: contact, mix, ruffle, shuffle