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riff | riffwise |

As a noun riff

is a repeated instrumental melody line in a song.

As a verb riff

is to improvise in the performance or practice of an art, especially by expanding on or making novel use of traditional themes.

As an adverb riffwise is

in terms of riffs.

riff

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A repeated instrumental melody line in a song.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2009 , date=November 27 , author= , title=Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Child has 'best guitar riff' , work=BBC citation , page= , 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

    riffwise

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (music) In terms of riffs
  • * {{quote-news, 2000, February 8, George Smith, Swede Surrender, Village Voice citation
    • , passage=My, they all were right up there with the Ted Nugents and Grand Funks riffwise , weren't they? }}