Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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riffle | Yes | No | Yes | No |
wave | Yes | No | Yes | No |
riffle (noun) | wave (noun) |
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shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners | a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon |
a small wave on the surface of a liquid | a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair |
the act of signaling by a movement of the hand | |
(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth | |
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) | |
something that rises rapidly | |
a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures) | |
an undulating curve |
riffle (verb) | wave (verb) |
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shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix | set waves in |
twitch or flutter | signal with the hands or nod |
stir up (water) so as to form ripples | move or swing back and forth |
look through a book or other written material | twist or roll into coils or ringlets |
move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion |