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to riffle

to riffle

1 7.4
To mix cards by splitting the deck and joining the halves together
  • verb
  • /ˈrɪfəl/
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  • The magician demonstrated how to riffle the cards smoothly to ensure a fair shuffle.

Examples

  • I could palm and riffle, spring and jog in my sleep.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • You've got to do another riffle shuffle, but by pressing them against.

  • Outside, wind fluttered the shingles with the sound of cards riffling in a giant hand.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • He glances around the seminar table, counts nine; good, everyone's here, then riffles through the manuscript they're scheduled to discuss, pauses, and says, "Is it my imagination, or have we been seeing an awful lot of stories about humans having sex with animals?"

    Fiction book (2001)

  • To mix the cards thoroughly, he decided to riffle them before the next round of poker.

  • She practiced her technique to riffle the deck perfectly, creating a satisfying sound.

Synonyms

to shuffle
vsto riffle
20 2.7

To mix things like cards or songs so their order is random

is a specific interleaving method using thumbs rather than general mixing

How Mixed

to shuffle
20 2.7
to riffle
1 7.4
to cut
∞ 1.0
to stack
138 1.6

Surface Forms

riffle infinitive
riffled past
riffled past participle
riffling present participle
riffles third person singular

Etymology

Riffle (verb: shuffle cards) means to shuffle by letting two halves of a deck interleave with a quick motion, and you can remember it as a small 'ripple' of cards that makes a crisp sound when they fall together.