1. (

• ripple ,
• rippling ,
• riffle ,
• wavelet

) a small wave on the surface of a liquid ;

2. (

• riffle

) shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners ;

1. (

• flick ,
• ruffle ,
• riffle ,

) twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked" ;

2. (

• flick ,
• flip ,
• thumb ,
• riffle ,
• leaf ,
• riff ,

) look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" ;

3. (

• ripple ,
• ruffle ,
• riffle ,
• cockle ,
• undulate ,

) stir up (water) so as to form ripples ;

4. (

• riffle

) shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix ;