Synonyms for riff
rɪfriff

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1. Riff, Riffiannoun

   a Berber living in northern Morocco

2. riffverb

   a jazz ostinato; usually provides a background for a solo improvisation

3. 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, undulate

4. riffverb

   play riffs

   Synonyms:
   leaf, thumb, flick, flip, riffle

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1. Jimmy Page:

   Guitarist Keith kicked it off and I began to mould a riff around Guitarist Keith guitar part to augment the arrangement.

2. Jeff Annison and Paul Scanlan:

   We don’t expect these companies to experience much success. Equity crowdfunding isn’t easy or inexpensive, and the SEC has important safeguards like bad actor checks and reporting requirements that will eliminate most of the riff-raff, plus, the public is sophisticated these days and has access to enough information to make well-informed decisions.

3. Anne Rice:

   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.

4. John Podesta:

   Wonder if tomorrow night, we should be more purposeful about generating the ‘U-S-A, U-S-A' chants during her riff about the need for togetherness and unity … with people holding the little American flags.

5. Jon Callas:

   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.