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Riffle — Mischen von Karten (in Riffle Technik) Als Mischen bezeichnet man die Erzeugung einer zufälligen Reihenfolge der Spielkarten eines Kartenspiels. Dem Mischen folgt oft das Abheben der Karten. Inhaltsverzeichnis … Deutsch Wikipedia
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 — ► VERB 1) turn over something, especially pages, quickly and casually. 2) (riffle through) search quickly through. 3) shuffle (playing cards) by flicking up and releasing the corners of two piles of cards so that they intermingle. ► NOUN ▪ an act … English terms dictionary
riffle — (v.) 1754, to make choppy water, American English, perhaps a variant of ruffle make rough. The word meaning shuffle (cards) is first recorded 1894, probably echoic; that of skim, leaf through quickly is from 1922 … Etymology 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 — I. verb (riffled; riffling) Etymology: 2riffle Date: 1754 intransitive verb 1. to form, flow over, or move in riffles 2. to flip cursorily ; thumb < riffle through the catalog > … New Collegiate Dictionary
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 — verb 1》 turn over something, especially pages, quickly and casually. ↘(riffle through) search quickly through. ↘disturb the surface of; ruffle. 2》 shuffle (playing cards) by flicking up and releasing the corners of two piles of cards so… … English new terms dictionary
riffle — rif•fle [[t]ˈrɪf əl[/t]] v. fled, fling, n. 1) to flip hastily with the fingers; flutter: to riffle papers[/ex] 2) gam to shuffle (cards) by dividing a deck in two, raising the corners of the cards slightly, and allowing them to fall alternately… … From formal English to slang
riffle — Synonyms and related words: 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,… … Moby Thesaurus
