riffle – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: moving ridge,
wave,
make,
shuffle,
shuffling,
move,
displace,
peruse,
flux,
flow,
ruffle,
mix
riffle
v.
shuffle cards; leaf through, thumb through; turn pages quickly
n.
act of shuffling cards; part of a stream with a strong swift current, rapid
Riffle
A riffle is a short, relatively shallow and coarse-bedded length of stream over which the stream flows at slower velocity but a higher turbulence than it normally does in comparison to a pool. As a result of the lowered velocity and heightened turbulence, small ripples are frequently found. Riffles are usually caused by an increase in a stream bed's slope or an obstruction in the water.
riffle
Noun
1. a small wave on the surface of a liquid
(synonym) ripple, rippling, wavelet
(hypernym) wave, moving ridge
(derivation) ripple, ruffle, cockle, undulate
2. shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners
(hypernym) shuffle, shuffling, make
Verb
1. twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked"
(synonym) flick, ruffle
(hypernym) move, displace
2. look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"
(synonym) flick, flip, thumb, leaf, riff
(hypernym) peruse
3. stir up (water) so as to form ripples
(synonym) ripple, ruffle, cockle, undulate
(hypernym) flow, flux
(entail) fold, fold up, turn up
(derivation) ripple, rippling, wavelet
4. shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix
(hypernym) shuffle, ruffle, mix
(classification) card game, cards
Riffle
(n.)
A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed; also, one of the cleats, grooves, or steps in such a trough. Also called ripple.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
riffle
Synonyms and related words:
ball up, billow, bollix up, bore, breakers, chop, choppiness, chopping sea, chute, cockle, comb, comber, confound, confuse, dimple, dirty water, eagre, foul up, fret, fumble, garble, gravity wave, ground swell, heave, heavy sea, heavy swell, jumble, lift, lop, mix up, muck up, muddle, peak, pi, play hob with, popple, rapid, rapids, riff, ripple, rise, roll, roller, rough water, sault, scend, scramble, screw up, sea, send, shoot, shuffle, snafu, snarl up, surf, surge, swell, tidal bore, tidal wave, tide wave, trough, tsunami, tumble, undulation, water wave, wave, wavelet, white horses, whitecaps
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
