Usually means: Repeated musical phrase in song.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word RIFF:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. riff: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. riff: Merriam-Webster
  3. riff: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Riff, riff: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. riff: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Riff, riff: Vocabulary.com
  7. Riff, riff: Wordnik
  8. riff: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. RIFF, riff: Wiktionary
  10. riff: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. riff: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. riff: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. riff: Dictionary.com
  14. riff: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. riff: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. RIFF (File format), RIFF, Riff (American band), Riff (Argentine band), Riff (character), Riff (disambiguation), Riff (music), Riff, The Riff (Lordi song), The Riff, .riff: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. riff: Rhymezone
  18. Riff (nt): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. riff: FreeDictionary.org
  20. riff: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. Riff: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. RIFF (Resource Interchange File Format): Multimedia Glossary
  2. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. SimplyTheBest Music Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. RIFF: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  3. Webopedia (No longer online)
  4. riff: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. RIFF: Acronym Finder
  2. riff: A Word A Day
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. riff: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. riff, riff: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. the riff: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

(Note: See riffi as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (RIFF)

▸ noun:  A repeated instrumental melody line in a song.
▸ noun:  A clever or witty remark.
▸ noun:  A variation on something.
▸ noun:  A spoof.
▸ verb:  To improvise in the performance or practice of an art, especially by expanding on or making novel use of traditional themes.
▸ verb:  To riffle.
▸ verb:  To tell jokes over a movie or similar performance.
▸ noun:  (anatomy, archaic) The belly; the bowels.
▸ noun:  Alternative form of Rif (“mountains in Morocco”) [A mountainous region in northern Morocco.]
▸ noun:  (computing) Acronym of Resource Interchange File Format.

Similar:
thumb, flick, flip, riffle, leaf, Riffian, riffer, rhapsody, rasgueo, riff-raff, more...

Types:
lick, run, motif, figure, arpeggio, passage, sequence, theme, more...

Phrases:
guitar riff, riff raff, Oriental riff, Arabian riff, Hurray for the Riff Raff, more...

Adjectives:
little, main, simple, same, note, new, catchy, basic, short, long, musical


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Similar:
thumb, flick, flip, riffle, leaf, Riffian, riffer, rhapsody, rasgueo, riff-raff, more...

Types:
lick, run, motif, figure, arpeggio, passage, sequence, theme, more...

Phrases:
guitar riff, riff raff, Oriental riff, Arabian riff, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Borkum Riff, riff off of, it comes before riff, could be my doctor riff raff, riff off, more...

Adjectives:
little, main, simple, same, note, new, catchy, basic, short, long, musical



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