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Synonyms for riff
rɪfriff
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Princeton's WordNet
Riff, Riffiannoun
a Berber living in northern Morocco
riffverb
a jazz ostinato; usually provides a background for a solo improvisation
flick, flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riffverb
look through a book or other written material
"He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"
Synonyms:
thumb, pitch, throw, twitch, click, toss, flip over, switch, turn over, flick, leaf, tack, alternate, riffle, flip, ripple, interchange, snap, flip-flop, flip out, flicker, hitch, ruffle, finger, jerk, cockle, sky, hitchhike, undulateriffverb
play riffs
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What does RIFF stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the RIFF acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.
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#94 | click | |
#1810 | switch | |
#2872 | sky | |
#4404 | throw | |
#4908 | finger | |
#5029 | leaf | |
#5125 | alternate | |
#6268 | pitch | |
#7321 | snap | |
#7356 | flip | |
#7799 | thumb | |
#12778 | interchange | |
#14556 | jerk | |
#14594 | hitch | |
#14874 | toss | |
#15194 | tack | |
#16465 | flick | |
#22575 | riff | |
#23676 | ripple | |
#29664 | flicker | |
#34901 | ruffle | |
#35877 | twitch | |
#70369 | riffle | |
#87911 | cockle | |
#155281 | hitchhike | |
#204476 | undulate |
How to use riff in a sentence?
Those of us who are doing secure communication believe we need to do things about the real horrible stuff, charging money for end-to-end encryption is a way to get rid of the riff-raff.
The truth is, laughter always sounds more perfect than weeping. Laughter flows in a violent riff and is effortlessly melodic. Weeping is often fought, choked, half strangled, or surrendered to with humiliation.
I am mainly known as the one who verbally counted off' Sweet Home Alabama,' then played the infamous Stratocaster riff as well as the solos in that tune, i am the luckiest guitar player that ever lived. Who could've guessed that song would pay the rent for over 30 years ?
There used to be a saying that 40 below keeps out the riff-raff, that's not true anymore.
Guitarist Keith kicked it off and I began to mould a riff around Guitarist Keith guitar part to augment the arrangement.
Translations for riff
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- melodia, riffCatalan, Valencian
- RiffGerman
- riffSpanish
- रिफHindi
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