Definitions for riffles

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riffles rif·fle

Spelling: [rif-uh l]

IPA: /ˈrɪf əl/

Riffles is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 143 anagrams from letters in riffles (effilrs).

Definitions for riffles

noun

1. a rapid, as in a stream.
2. a ripple, as upon the surface of water.
3. Mining. the lining of transverse bars or slats on the bed of a sluice, arranged so as to catch heavy minerals, as gold or platinum.
4. a hopper for distributing bulk material.
5. the act or method of riffling cards.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to turn hastily; flutter and shift:
2. Cards. to shuffle by dividing the deck in two, raising the corners slightly, and allowing them to fall alternately together.
3. to cause or become a riffle.

Origin of riffles

1630-40; blend of ripple¹ and ruffle¹

Examples for riffles

We had to cross a rapid river at a riffle where the motor-cars were just able to make it.

We took my remuda, the spades and axes, and started for the riffle.

"I'll back my boys to make the riffle," confidently asserted Roque.

In the third riffle, seven cards have to be held up, and in the fourth, ten.

I'll go in just below the riffle and explore the cellar-hole!

Only too often, in fact, it will be drawn in despite every effort to avoid the riffle.

Then I saw a fire over here, and just managed to make the riffle.

One can drift a riffle stern first that is too rough to ride any other way.

riffle—A groove or strip to catch gold and mercury in a sluice.

At the bottom of each ledge is a riffle to arrest the particles of gold.