riffle

English Thesaurus

1. shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners (noun.act)

hypernym	:	make, shuffle, shuffling,
definition	:	the act of mixing cards haphazardly (noun.act)

2. a small wave on the surface of a liquid (noun.event)

hypernym	:	moving ridge, wave,
definition	:	one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) (noun.event)

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

hypernym	:	mix, ruffle, shuffle,
definition	:	mix so as to make a random order or arrangement (verb.contact)

domain category	:	card game, cards,
definition	:	a game played with playing cards (noun.act)

4. twitch or flutter (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	displace, move,
definition	:	cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense (verb.motion)

5. stir up (water) so as to form ripples (verb.motion)

hypernym	:	flow, flux,
definition	:	move or progress freely as if in a stream (verb.motion)

entail	:	fold, fold up, turn up,
definition	:	bend or lay so that one part covers the other (verb.contact)

6. look through a book or other written material (verb.perception)

hypernym	:	peruse,
definition	:	examine or consider with attention and in detail (verb.perception)

7. shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners (noun.act)

derivation	:	riffle,
definition	:	shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix (verb.contact)

8. a small wave on the surface of a liquid (noun.event)

derivation	:	moving ridge, wave,
definition	:	one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) (noun.event)

derivation	:	cockle, riffle, ripple, ruffle, undulate,
definition	:	stir up (water) so as to form ripples (verb.motion)

derivation	:	babble, bubble, burble, guggle, gurgle, ripple,
definition	:	flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise (verb.perception)

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

derivation	:	riffle,
definition	:	shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners (noun.act)

10. stir up (water) so as to form ripples (verb.motion)

derivation	:	riffle, ripple, rippling, wavelet,
definition	:	a small wave on the surface of a liquid (noun.event)

11. look through a book or other written material (verb.perception)

derivation	:	folio, leaf,
definition	:	a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book) (noun.communication)

12. shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners (noun.act)

derivation	:	riffle,
definition	:	shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix (verb.contact)

13. a small wave on the surface of a liquid (noun.event)

derivation	:	moving ridge, wave,
definition	:	one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) (noun.event)

derivation	:	cockle, riffle, ripple, ruffle, undulate,
definition	:	stir up (water) so as to form ripples (verb.motion)

derivation	:	babble, bubble, burble, guggle, gurgle, ripple,
definition	:	flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise (verb.perception)

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

derivation	:	riffle,
definition	:	shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners (noun.act)

15. stir up (water) so as to form ripples (verb.motion)

derivation	:	riffle, ripple, rippling, wavelet,
definition	:	a small wave on the surface of a liquid (noun.event)

16. look through a book or other written material (verb.perception)

derivation	:	folio, leaf,
definition	:	a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book) (noun.communication)