Meaning & use

Riffling

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Flipping quickly through the pages of something, or causing a light ripple across a surface.

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She was riffling through the file looking for the missing receipt.

A breeze went riffling across the surface of the lake.

A note on using this word

"Riffle" also names the technique of shuffling a deck of cards by interleaving two halves.

Words with a similar meaning

flippingleafing

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