Meaning & use
riffle
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to flip quickly through the pages of a book or a stack of items, or to shuffle cards by interleaving them.
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She riffled through the file folder looking for the missing receipt.
The dealer riffled the deck twice before dealing the cards.
A note on using this word
Riffle is easily confused with 'rifle' (to search through roughly, or a firearm); riffle specifically implies a quick, light flipping motion.
Words with a similar meaning
flip throughleaf through
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