riffled

Flipped through rapidly

Riffled is the past tense of riffle, meaning to flip quickly through pages or papers: She riffled through the stack of documents looking for the contract.

To riffle a deck of cards is to shuffle by releasing the edges so they interlace.

Water riffles when it flows over a shallow, rocky stretch, creating small waves.

pages

flipped

Reversed position suddenly

fanned · browsed · shuffled · paged · turned · scanned · perused · glanced · skipped · document

cards

shuffled

Mixed into disorder

  • deckShip's flat surface
  • dealtDistributed cards to players
  • mixedBlended from varied elements

casino · poker · blackjack · dealer · fanned · interleaved · bridge · gambling · cut · stack

water

rippled

Moved in undulations

stream · current · surface · breeze · wind · shimmer · wavelets · brook · creek · pebbles

searched

rummaged

Searched by displacing items

hunted · foraged · dug · pillaged · drawer · belongings · purse · bag · pockets · contents

Opposites
manner of examination

riffledstudied

Examined closely or learned

scrutinized · perused · pored over · analyzed · inspected

effect on arrangement

riffledordered

Arranged or commanded

organized · arranged · sorted · neat · tidied

SURFACE DISTURBANCE (water)

riffledstilled

Made motionless or silent

calmed · smoothed · settled · becalmed

Phrases
Family

riffle, riffles, riffling

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G