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  Riffle, WV
    Zip code(s): 26619

  Riffle \Rif"fle\ (r[i^]f"f'l), n. [CF. G. riffeln, riefeln, to
     groove. Cf. Rifle a gun.]
     1. (Mining) 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A ripple in a stream or current of water; also, a place
        where the water ripples, as on a shallow rapid. [Local, U.
        S.]
  
              The bass have left the cool depth beside the rock
              and are on the riffle or just below it. --James A.
                                                    Henshall.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

  Riffle \Rif"fle\, n. [CF. G. riffeln, riefeln, to groove. Cf.
     Rifle a gun.] (Mining)
     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.

  Riffle \Rif"fle\, n. [Cf. Riffle a trough.]
     A ripple in a stream or current of water; also, a place where
     the water ripples, as on a shallow rapid. [Local, U. S.]
  
           The bass have left the cool depth beside the rock and
           are on the riffle or just below it.      --James A.
                                                    Henshall.

  riffle
       n 1: a small wave on the surface of a liquid [syn: ripple, rippling,
             wavelet]
       2: shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two
          halves at their corners
       v 1: twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked" [syn: flick, ruffle]
       2: look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed
          through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" [syn:
           flick, flip, thumb, leaf, riff]
       3: stir up (water) so as to form ripples [syn: ripple, ruffle,
           cockle, undulate]
       4: shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two
          parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix

  riffle
     Αγγλικά vb.
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  riffle
     n.
     A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To flow over a swift, shallow part of a
  stream.
     2 (lb en transitive) To ruffle with a rippling action.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To skim or flick through the pages of a book.
     4 (lb en transitive) To leaf through rapidly.
     5 (lb en transitive) To shuffle playing cards by separating the deck
  in two and sliding the thumbs along the edges of the cards to mix the
  two parts.
     6 (lb en transitive) To idly manipulate objects with the fingers.
     7 (lb en transitive) To prepare samples of material using a riffler.
     n.
     In seal engraving, a small metal disc at the end of a tool.

  Riffle
     n.
     (surname: en).

  riffle
     n.
     A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To flow over a swift, shallow part of a
  stream.
     2 (lb en transitive) To ruffle with a rippling action.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To skim or flick through the pages of a book.
     4 (lb en transitive) To leaf through rapidly.
     5 (lb en transitive) To shuffle playing cards by separating the deck
  in two and sliding the thumbs along the edges of the cards to mix the
  two parts.
     6 (lb en transitive) To idly manipulate objects with the fingers.
     7 (lb en transitive) To prepare samples of material using a riffler.
     n.
     In seal engraving, a small metal disc at the end of a tool.

  Riffle
     n.
     (surname: en).

  riffle
     n.
     A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To flow over a swift, shallow part of a
  stream.
     2 (lb en transitive) To ruffle with a rippling action.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To skim or flick through the pages of a book.
     4 (lb en transitive) To leaf through rapidly.
     5 (lb en transitive) To shuffle playing cards by separating the deck
  in two and sliding the thumbs along the edges of the cards to mix the
  two parts.
     6 (lb en transitive) To idly manipulate objects with the fingers.
     7 (lb en transitive) To prepare samples of material using a riffler.
     n.
     In seal engraving, a small metal disc at the end of a tool.

  Riffle
     n.
     (surname: en).

  riffle
     n.
     A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To flow over a swift, shallow part of a
  stream.
     2 (lb en transitive) To ruffle with a rippling action.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To skim or flick through the pages of a book.
     4 (lb en transitive) To leaf through rapidly.
     5 (lb en transitive) To shuffle playing cards by separating the deck
  in two and sliding the thumbs along the edges of the cards to mix the
  two parts.
     6 (lb en transitive) To idly manipulate objects with the fingers.
     7 (lb en transitive) To prepare samples of material using a riffler.
     n.
     In seal engraving, a small metal disc at the end of a tool.

  Riffle
     n.
     (surname: en).

  Riffle /ɹˈɪfəl/
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  riffle //ˈɹɪfəl// 
  1. разбъркване
  act of shuffling playing cards
  2. корито
  mining: trough or sluice, or the cleats or grooves in it
  3. прелистване
  quick skim through the pages of a book
  4. бързей
  swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water

  riffle /ɹˈɪfəl/
  Riffelprobenteiler  [techn.]

  riffle /ɹˈɪfəl/
  wellenartige Riffelung/Riefelung 

  riffle /ɹˈɪfəl/
  Stromschnelle 
     Synonyms: rapid, rapids
  
   see: rapids, riffles
  

  riffle /ɹˈɪfəl/ 
  riffeln 
   see: riffling, riffled
  

  riffle //ˈɹɪfəl// 
  1. sekoittaminen
  act of shuffling playing cards
  2. rihla, ränni
  mining: trough or sluice, or the cleats or grooves in it
  3. selaus
  quick skim through the pages of a book
  4. kare, vire, väre
  succession of small waves
  5. virtapaikka
  swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water

  riffle /ɹˈɪfəl/
  1. huzagolt csövû kézi lôfegyver
  2. aranymosó edény
  3. aranyvályú
  4. folyó zúgója
  5. vályú
  6. kis felszíni hullám
  7. fodrozódás
  8. hornyozás zsilip fenekén

  riffle /ɹˈɪfəl/
  1. (A.B.D.) akıntıya mani olan su altlndaki kumluk veya kaya
  2. engelin etkikisiyle sığlaşan ve karışık durum alan akıntı: (iskambil) kâğıt karıştırma:  (iskambil) kâğıt karıştırmak, sayfa karıştırmak.

  riffle /ɹˈɪfəl/
  1. altınla karışık kumu ayıran ızgara .

  
/ˈɹɪfəɫ/

  69 Moby Thesaurus words for "riffle":
     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
  
  

  n. 急流,涟漪,把纸牌分成两半;
  v. 迅速翻阅,分两半交互切入;

     n. 浅滩,急流,涟漪,把纸牌分成两半
     vt. 使起涟漪,迅速翻阅,洗牌
     vi. 流过浅滩