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riffle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ripple, rippling, wavelet |
| Type of | wave, moving ridge |
Examples of riffle
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Seeing no gentlemanly way out, he began to riffle pages and then to read slowly.
From the time.com
Salmon flies are starting to show in the riffle above the lake but still not good.
From the sacbee.com
When they are spawning, they are found on gravel beds, usually in the riffle areas.
From the timesunion.com
There were also still some reports of salmon flies at the riffle and above the weir.
From the sacbee.com
There is a pool to lower right and a riffle to upper left of the photograph.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The daily commodity charts I riffle tell me it's not the end of the world.
From the forbes.com
Riffle runners aren't the only bait folks collect from the Allegheny and its tributaries.
From the post-gazette.com
However, the same riffle provides excellent white bass spawning cover.
From the courier-journal.com
Noel began to gently riffle through the pages but stopped when they fell apart in his hands.
From the orlandosentinel.com
- Flick: twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked"
- Ripple: a small wave on the surface of a liquid
- Flick: look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"
- Shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners
- Ripple: stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- Shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix
- A stream riffle (also known as a swift <-> Stream pool) is a shallow stretch of a river or stream, where the current is above the average stream velocity and where the water forms small rippled waves as a result.
- A fast-flowing, shallow part of a stream; A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed. ...
- (Riffles) Light, shallow rapids found in Class I whitewater
