Riffle

Quick meaning: Riffle is a noun meaning A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.

Meaning

A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.

More Meanings

1. A succession of small waves.
2. A quick skim through the pages of a book.
3. Synonym of riffle shuffle
4. The sound made while shuffling cards.
5. (intransitive) To flow over a swift, shallow part of a stream.
6. (transitive) To ruffle with a rippling action.
7. (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 trough.

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: rifle

The big trout feed aggressively and tend to lose their caution in the rifles.

They then proceeded below the milldam, where there was a strong riffle, with likely looking pools and eddies

[...] Brook Drain has now been diverted into a newly dug replacement river section [...]. It has been designed in conjunction with the Environment Agency to hold a much larger volume of water, in order to help with local flooding issues. It also features riffles (shallow sections of water) and side pools where aquatic wildlife can take shelter during storms.

Word Forms

• riffles
• riffling
• riffled

Synonyms for riffle

Depending on context, synonyms include rifle, undulate, ruffle, ripple, flick, cockle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rippling, ripple, wavelet, undulate, ruffle, flip.

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