riff

/ɹˈɪf/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. a Berber living in northern Morocco
2. a jazz ostinato; usually provides a background for a solo improvisation

verb

1. look through a book or other written material
   “He thumbed through the report”
2. play riffs

Synonyms for riff

• Riffian
• flick
• flip
• thumb
• riffle
• leaf

Words that rhyme with riff

• stiff
• whiff
• sniff
• biff
• hieroglyph
• cliff
• petroglyph
• skiff
• tiff
• briarcliff
• clif
• cliffe
• dif
• diff
• giff
• griff
• if
• jif
• kiff
• liff
• liffe
• mcgriff
• mcniff
• riffe
• schiff
• shiff
• woodcliff
• ziff