to riffle (through) a book

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• riffle — /rif euhl/, v., riffled, riffling, n. v.t., v.i. 1. to turn hastily; flutter and shift: to riffle a stack of letters; to riffle through a book. 2. Cards. to shuffle by dividing the deck in two, raising the corners slightly, and allowing them to… …   Universalium

• riffle — [rif′əl] n. [< ? or akin to Ger riffel, groove, furrow < EFris, akin to OE rifelung, wrinkle < IE base * rei , to tear > REAP ] ☆ 1. a) a shoal, reef, or shallow in a stream, producing a stretch of ruffled or choppy water b) a stretch …   English World dictionary

• riffle — /ˈrɪfəl / (say rifuhl) noun 1. Mining a. the lining at the bottom of a sluice or the like, made of blocks or slats of wood, or of stones, arranged in such a manner that grooves or openings are left between them for catching and collecting… …  

• riffle — [[t]rɪ̱f(ə)l[/t]] riffles, riffling, riffled VERB If you riffle through the pages of a book or riffle them, you turn them over quickly, without reading everything that is on them. [V through n] I riffled through the pages until I reached the… …   English dictionary

• riffle — rif|fle [ˈrıfəl] v also riffle through [T] [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: Perhaps from ripple + ruffle] to move and quickly look at pieces of paper or the pages of a book, magazine etc →↑flip through ▪ He riffled through the papers on his desk …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• riffle — also riffle through verb (T) informal to quickly turn over the pages of a book, magazine etc …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• riffle — 1. noun a) A fast flowing, shallow part of a stream b) 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… …   Wiktionary

• leaf — 1. noun 1) sycamore leaves Syn: leaflet, frond, blade, needle; Botany cotyledon, blade, bract 2) a leaf in a book Syn: page, sheet, folio 2. verb he leafed …   Thesaurus of popular words

• leaf — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. frond, blade; lamina, sheet, flake; sheet, page. See vegetable, layer. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The leafy organ of a plant] Syn. leaflet, needle, bract, petiole, blade, frond, stalk, stipule, scale,… …   English dictionary for students

• thumb — n 1. pollex, Fr. pouce. v 2.(of a book) skim, scan, run through, glance at or over, browse, leaf through, riffle through. 3. hitchhike, hitch, thumb or hook or bum a ride, get a lift …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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