riffle

riffle · noun, verb¹

1. Middle English · inherited fromruffelen
2. English todayriffle

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

riffle · noun²

1. Danish · derived from[Term?]“a groove”
2. English todayriffle

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”).

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