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riff
noun- a rhythmic musical phrase played repeatedly, used in jazz and rock US, 1935
Probably an abbreviation of “refrain”. - Do you know how he spent years watching the droopy chicks in cathouses, listening to his cellmates moaning low behind the bars, digging the riffs the wheels were knocking out when he rode the rods[.] — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 5, 1946
- The arrangement Ernie Wilkins put behind him for Basie was so great, I used to tell Ernie to copyright his background riffs. — Babs Gonzales, Movin’ On Down De Line, p. 64, 1975
- A phrase generally repeated ad nauseum by sections of a big band. Deriving from the Riff song, a chorus repeated ad nauseum in The Desert Song. — Peter Clayton and Peter Gammond, Bluff Your Way In Jazz, p. 60, 1992
- I know! I’ll use the “may I help you” riff. — Wayne’s World, 1992
- Bo Diddley’s Roadrunner was the Smoke On The Water of the mid-60s–the basic riff with which every fifth form guitarist wrestled. — David Hepworth, Q Rhythm and Blues, 1993
- future shocked riffs hit like laser bolts — Metal Hammer, p. 4, May 2001
- an often-repeated argument or point of view UK
A figurative usage of the previous sense. - Another opportunity for the press to go to town on the old “Evil Acid House Music” riff they were so fond of. — Dave Courtney, Raving Lunacy, p. 34, 2000
- the theme or gist of a conversation UK, 2000
- “I’ve found a new riff.” “What is it?” “Bicycling.” — Chandler Brossard, Who Walks in Darkness, p. 103, 1952
- Harry explained it all on the plane. I say explained, by which I mean a very extended and loud riff. — James Hawes, Dead Long Enough, p. 80, 2000
- That’s the riff at least, anyway — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 160, 2001
- a verbal embellishment that adds no meaning to what is being said US
- — Ruth Bronsteen, The Hippy’s Handbook, p. 15, 1967
- an activity or experience US
- [H]e wasn’t sure that she and Zack were not going through a sadomasochistic riff for the sake of the camera. — Ed Sanders, Tales of Beatnik Glory, p. 208, 1975
- a refrigerated railway wagon US
- — Norman Carlisle, The Modern Wonder Book of Trains and Railroading, p. 267, 1946
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