riffle

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• /ˈɹɪfəl/
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Possible alteration of ruffle, from Middle English ruffelen, akin to Low German ruffelen (“to crumple”).

From Danish [Term?] (“a groove”). Compare rifle (“to score, to make grooves”) and the past participle riflet (“scored, grooved, rifled”), riffeln with the same meaning. Also see rifle (“a rifled gun”).

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: бързей (bǎrzej) — swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water
• Finnish: virtapaikka — swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water
• Sundanese: parung — swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water
• Finnish: vire — succession of small waves
• Finnish: väre — succession of small waves
• Finnish: kare — succession of small waves
• Bulgarian: корито (korito) — mining: trough or sluice, or the cleats or grooves in it
• Finnish: ränni — mining: trough or sluice, or the cleats or grooves in it
• Finnish: rihla — mining: trough or sluice, or the cleats or grooves in it
• Bulgarian: прелистване (prelistvane) — quick skim through the pages of a book
• Finnish: selaus — quick skim through the pages of a book
• Bulgarian: разбъркване (razbǎrkvane) — act of shuffling playing cards
• Finnish: sekoittaminen — act of shuffling playing cards
• Māori: riwhiriwhi — act of shuffling playing cards