to riffle
2
6.5
- verb
- /ˈrɪfəl/
:
hojear
- As he riffled through the pages, a photograph slipped out and fell to the floor.
- riffled the pages
- riffled through the files
- riffled through the papers
And then when you start developing a character, riffle through your your checklist and see what you got that's kind of interesting.
- And then when you start developing a character, riffle through your your checklist and see what you got that's kind of interesting.
Examples
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While I was laid up with broken bones, she riffled through my desk, found my memo outlining a Trask radio acquisition, and has been passing it off as her idea.
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And nothing at all from Carroll, though she riffled through the envelopes twice.
Fiction book (1995) -
"How did you find it?" She riffled through the pages as though some of them might be gone.
Fiction book (1996) -
After a time, she propped the papers she had already looked through against her chest and continued to riffle through the rest.
Fiction book (1998) -
Jack pulled out his wallet and riffled through the bills in there.
Fiction book (1993) -
Inman went to the papers and riffled through them.
Fiction book (1997) -
While she searched, I riffled back through her sign-out book again, this time reading the column that listed what was signed out.
Fiction book (1995) -
"No Winterbotham file either, but then there wouldn't be, would there?" She riffled through the files in the other drawers.
Fiction book (1999) -
I sit alone on the aft deck, riffling the pages of my Stilwell biography and committing the mountains to memory.
Fiction book (2001) -
She riffled through the pages of the book, hoping to find the important chapter quickly.
Synonyms
354
1.8
To turn or toss something quickly with a light hand movement
35
3.5
To move quickly and lightly back and forth, like wings or leaves
17
6.5
To turn pages quickly without reading everything
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5.8
To turn the pages of a book quickly while only looking a little
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2.8
To look quickly through the pages of a book or magazine
6
2.7
To look through a book or magazine quickly
Flip a page in a book or magazine to read the next one
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Etymology
Riffle (verb: turn pages) means to turn pages quickly with a light, fluttering motion; it comes from the same idea of a quick 'flutter' or 'ripple', so when you riffle pages you make a soft, rippling sound while you glance through them.