Let's hear this new riff.
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Riff
//ɹɪf//
Synonyms for "riff" (23 found)
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2 entriesis a
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14 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 13 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- motiv noun (repeated instrumental melody line)
Catalan
2 entries- melodia noun (repeated instrumental melody line)
- riff noun (repeated instrumental melody line)
Esperanto
1 entries- ripetfrazo noun (repeated instrumental melody line)
Finnish
2 entries- napautus noun (clever or witty remark)
- riffi noun (repeated instrumental melody line)
French
1 entries- riff noun (repeated instrumental melody line)
German
4 entries- Motiv noun (repeated instrumental melody line)
- Ostinato noun (repeated instrumental melody line)
- Riff noun (repeated instrumental melody line)
- witzige Bemerkung noun (clever or witty remark)
Italian
2 entries- riff noun (repeated instrumental melody line)
- ritornello noun (repeated instrumental melody line)
Japanese
1 entries- リフ noun (repeated instrumental melody line)
Māori
1 entries- rerenga auau noun (repeated instrumental melody line)
Portuguese
1 entries- riff noun (repeated instrumental melody line)
Russian
1 entries- моти́в noun (repeated instrumental melody line)
Spanish
1 entries- riff noun (repeated instrumental melody line)
Swedish
1 entries- riff noun (repeated instrumental melody line)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
That riff is a little stock.
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Listen to one of the greatest guitar riffs of all time!
Source: wiktionary
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.
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