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Riff   /rɪf/   Listen
Riff

noun
1.
A Berber living in northern Morocco.  Synonym: Riffian.
2.
A jazz ostinato; usually provides a background for a solo improvisation.






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"Riff" Quotes from Famous Books



... place outside Sarepta, and here he awaited his opponent. It is a height which a steep mountain footpath divides, and this path is intersected by another. Pugasceff placed a portion of his best troops on the ascending path, whilst to the riff- raff he entrusted his two wings. If Michelson had caught the bull by the horns with his ordinary tactics he ought to have cut through the little footpath leading to the steep road, and if he had succeeded ...
— Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish • Various



Words linked to "Riff" :   play, ostinato, spiel, Berber, peruse



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