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Definition of 'riff'English
Noun
( en-noun)
A repeated instrumental melody line in a song.
* {{quote-news
|year=2009
|date=November 27
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|title=Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Child has 'best guitar riff'
|work=BBC
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|passage=Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Child has been named the greatest guitar riff of all time, 41 years after it was recorded, in a poll by website Music Radar.}}
A clever or witty remark.
A variation on something.
*2012 , The Economist, London Skyline: Tower Power
- Both the Orbit and the Pinnacle are riffs on an idea sketched out in 1917 by Vladimir Tatlin for a monument to international communism.
A spoof
* 26 June 2014 , A.A Dowd, AV Club Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler spoof rom-com clichés in They Came Together [http://www.avclub.com/review/paul-rudd-and-amy-poehler-spoof-rom-com-cliches-th-206220]
- The creative team has experience with spoofing: Both Rudd and Poehler had parts in Wain’s Wet Hot American Summer, a hysterically irreverent riff on ’80s summer-camp comedies.
Verb
( en-verb)
To improvise in the performance or practice of an art, especially by expanding on or making novel use of traditional themes.
See also
* riff-raff
* riffraff
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