riffle shuffle

noun

A technique of shuffling a deck of playing cards by first separating the deck into two parts.

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Meanings

nounriffle shuffle (plural riffle shuffles)

plural riffle shuffles

  1. card gamesA technique of shuffling a deck of playing cards by first separating the deck into two parts.
  2. mathematicsA permutation that models the outcome of a riffle shuffle; the operation of dividing an ordered set into two equal subsets and then alternately listing sequences of elements from each subset that have a common specified length.
verbriffle shuffle (third-person singular simple present riffle shuffles, present participle riffle shuffling, simple past and past participle riffle shuffled)

present singular third person riffle shuffles · participle present riffle shuffling · participle past riffle shuffled · past riffle shuffled

  1. transitiveTo perform a riffle shuffle.

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riffle shuffle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/riffle%20shuffle

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “riffle shuffle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/riffle%20shuffle.

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