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riffle shuffle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables
rif-fle shuf-fle
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

A 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.

verb

To perform a riffle shuffle.

Transitive verb

Usage

Inflected Forms

riffle shuffles (plural) riffle shuffles (present, singular) riffle shuffling (participle, present) riffle shuffled (participle, past) riffle shuffled (past)

Questions

What does riffle shuffle mean?
A technique of shuffling a deck of playing cards by first separating the deck into two parts.

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