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riffle

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A way of shuffling cards by splitting the deck and joining the halves

noun
/ˈrɪfəl/

: mezcla americana

The riffle of Tara's shuffling cards for a game of Idiot's Delight woke me up.
a riffle shuffle

Examples

This is the part where you give me your little riffle shuffle one of these.
An expert riffle, a one-handed cut, and Tommy deals lightning fast, a perfect diamond formation with two cards in the middle.

Fiction book (1992)
Lara riffle-shuffled the cards and pushed them to me to cut, the light reflecting from her long red fingernails.

Fiction book (1997)
When playing cards, a riffle shuffle is the best way to mix the deck thoroughly.
The magician demonstrated a perfect riffle shuffle before revealing his next trick.
To ensure fairness in the game, he executed a precise riffle shuffle of the cards.

Surface Forms

riffle singular

riffles plural

Etymology

Riffle (noun: card move) names the fast action when two halves of a deck meet and make a sharp sound; the word likely comes from the idea of a quick, light movement and the rippling noise the cards make, which is why it now means that kind of shuffle.