Synonyms of riffle

riffle 1 of 2

verb

ˈri-fəl 

as in to flip

to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner

Web research is convenient but doesn't offer the tactile pleasures of riffling through heavy old books

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flip
• leaf
• thumb
• skim
• scan
• dip
• glance (at)
• look over
• browse

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• study
• pore (over)

riffle

2 of 2

noun

as in wavelet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wavelet
• curl
• roller
• comber
• ground swell
• ripple
• whitecap
• breaker
• tidal wave
• wave
• surf
• tsunami
• surge
• billow
• swell
• sea(s)

Examples of riffle in a Sentence

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Verb

The Watergate hearings, which stretched into 1974, played like Shakespeare spliced with courtroom drama: riffling papers, conspirators, men in the wings and the penetrating southern drawl of Sen. Sam Ervin, which reverberated with moral urgency. —Jeffrey Fleishman, chicagotribune.com, 4 Oct. 2019

Justin Herbert with a ton of time, riffles a 28-yard laser to Johnny Johnson III for a touchdown. —oregonlive, 30 Nov. 2019

Noun

Why: Rainbows spawn in the spring as soon as the water temperature breaks 40 degrees, often making redds in the riffles above pools. —Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 14 Mar. 2024

Beneath our breathy hollers, a river runs dark, sprays of pebble -leaping riffles instantly aloft: Corona crowns the south: Hole edged with brimming sprays of light! —Christopher Cokinos, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2020