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Riff

UK/ɹɪf/ US/ˈrɪf/ uncommon archaic
noun (2) verb (2)

noun

1.
2.

verb

1.

look through a book or other written material

  • “He thumbed through the report”
  • “She leafed through the volume”
Synonyms
2.

play riffs

Origin

From Middle English *rif (found only in midrif), from Old English hrif (“the belly; womb”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrif, from Proto-Germanic *hrefaz (“body; torso; belly”), from Proto-Indo-European *krep- (“body”). Distant doublet of corpus, corpse, and corse.

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