riffle

Noun

• shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners

• a small wave on the surface of a liquid

Verb

• shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix

• stir up (water) so as to form ripples

• look through a book or other written material
  • He thumbed through the report
    
  • She leafed through the volume
    

• twitch or flutter
  • the paper flicked
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  ripple , rippling , wavelet , ruffle , cockle , undulate , flick , flip , thumb , leaf , riff