riff
noun/rɪf/
/rɪf/
- a short repeated pattern of notes in popular music or jazz
- a guitar riff
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRiff is used after these nouns:- guitar
- rock
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- riff (on something) a monologue (= long speech by one person) on a particular subject, especially a funny one that you make up as you are speaking
- He launched into an extended riff on the pitfalls of contemporary romance.
Word Origin1930s: abbreviation of the noun riffle.
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