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. RIFF

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1. Abra Berens:

   Get comfortable by making something over and over, then layer in something new and give yourself the space to riff and adjust.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Art Garfunkel:

   Paul says he heard the phrase 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' sung as a Baptist riff, i took it to mainstream radio. Then Aretha so brilliantly brought it back to church.