riffle
Thumb through pages
Riffle is a quick, casual way to flip through pages or papers without reading them carefully: She riffled through the stack of mail.
In card games, to riffle is to shuffle by splitting the deck and letting the edges interleave as they fall.
A riffle is also a shallow stretch of stream where water flows quickly over rocks, creating small ripples.
The word sometimes gets confused with rifle (to search through), but riffling implies speed and lightness rather than ransacking.
Bound paper sheets
- thumbShort opposable digit
- leafPlant's photosynthetic organ
- skimPass over lightly
- browseSurvey without intent
peruse · flick · scan · glance · book · magazine · manual · catalog
Turbulent river section
- shallowsAreas of little depth
- gravelLoose small rock fragments
- troutFreshwater game fish
- fly-fishingCatching trout with artificial lures
current · rocks · pool · cascade · turbulence · aerate · flow · freshwater
pages
Bound paper sheets
browse · peruse · flick · scan · glance · book · magazine · manual · catalog · document
rapids
Turbulent river section
fly-fishing · current · rocks · pool · cascade · turbulence · aerate · flow · freshwater · brook
deck
Ship's flat surface
dealer · deal · faro · blackjack · magician · sleight · overhand · strip · wash · casino
sluice
Gated water conduit
placer · cradle · gravel · sediment · prospector · nugget · flake · concentrate · washboard · claim
- freshwaterponds, river water, freshwater lake, creek, brook
- game movesmove, dodge, play, pass, block
- riverriverbank, riverbed, riverbend, current, rapids
- stream ecosystembrook, creek, trout, minnow, tadpole
- Stream wordsbrook, creek, rivulet, rill, runnel
- freshwater featuresfreshwater lake, creek, brook, tributary, pond
rifflepool
Collective fund or basin
deep pool · still water · waterfall · plunge pool · slack water
rifflestudy
Deliberate learning effort
peruse · scrutinize · pore over · read carefully · slow reading
- riffle shuffleCards interleaved by thumbs