riffles 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of riffle
as in flips
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

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riffles

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noun

plural of riffle
as in wavelets

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  1. flips
  2. curls
Verb
  • Speaking of which, the rear pillion seat neatly flips up to reveal a luggage rack while acting as a backrest as well.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The weaponization of frontier AI flips that polarity, reducing the mean time to discovery of infrastructure vulnerabilities and the potential of accelerating data exfiltration from weeks and days to hours and minutes.
    — Will Townsend, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of flips
Noun
  • Just a few hours after dropping pics of herself with voluminous, body-licious curls, Khloé Kardashian decided to kick off August with a fresh hair cut—and introduced us all to her alter ego, Bob Kardashian, in the process.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The team identified 47 of these vortex-bearing interfaces in the telescope’s field of view and measured the spacing between adjacent curls.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of curls
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