Riff

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Music A short rhythmic phrase, especially one that is repeated in improvisation.
  • n. A clever or inventive commentary or remark: "Those little riffs that had seemed to have such sparkle over drinks ... look all too embarrassing in cold print” ( John Richardson).
  • verb-intransitive. To play or make riffs.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A repeated instrumental melody line in a song.
  • n. A clever or witty remark.
  • v. To improvise in the performance or practice of an art, especially by expanding on or making novel use of traditional themes.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The belly; the bowels.
  • n. An obsolete form of reef.—2. A rapid or riffle. See riffle.
  • n. An obsolete form of reef.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. play riffs
  • n. a jazz ostinato; usually provides a background for a solo improvisation
  • n. a Berber living in northern Morocco
  • v. look through a book or other written material
  • Verb Form
    riffed    riffing    riffs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    play    spiel    ostinato    Berber    peruse   
    Cross Reference
    riff-raff    riffraff   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Biff    Cliff    biff    cliff    dif    diff    griff    hieroglyph    if    skiff   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    riffs    fingerboard    bongo    instrumentals    songcraft    recapitulation    kick-ass    ziya    film-maker    tagline