/ ˈrɪfl; NAmE / verb
riffle (through) sth to turn over papers or the pages of a book quickly and without reading them all
SYN leaf :
[ v ]
He was riffling through the papers on his desk.
[ vn ]
to riffle the pages of a book
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WORD ORIGIN
late 18th cent. (referring to a certain way of shuffling cards): perhaps from a variant of the verb ruffle , influenced by ripple .