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Repeated phrase
Answer for the clue "Repeated phrase ", 4 letters:
riff
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"melodic phrase in jazz," 1935 (but said to have been used by musicians since c.1917), of uncertain origin, perhaps a shortened form of riffle , or altered from refrain . The verb is attested from 1942, from the noun. Also in extended use. Related: Riffed ...
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Riff , RIFF , The 'Riff , or Riffs may refer to: Riff, a short, repeated musical phrase, see Ostinato "Riff", a song by the DJ Sander van Doorn The Riff (Lordi song) , a song by Finnish hard rock band Lordi The 'Riff, a colloquial name for the city of Penrith, ...
Usage examples of riff.
They had scored the entire album with dissonant bluesy riffs from Marblehead Johnson.
It might have passed for challenge, since Fleed was facing Sinker and Riff.
Sinker and Riff were still steady with their guns, covering Fleed and Arnledge.
They saw no reason for aiding a despotic government in subduing and oppressing a small people fighting for their independence, as did the brave Riffs.
He told me the longer riffs derived from classic sizz, while the backbeat was pure Transkei rip-rap.
He concentrated on being Juve, and Juve was checking out the scene, with long Yardbird Parker riffs, all staccato, in his head.
The speakers twanged out a familiar riff on the shamisen as the database menu appeared.
There was work before departure, a task that both Sinker and Riff understood.
By the time that Sinker and Riff had come down the stairs from the penthouse, the space by the elevators had cleared.
Shyvan was ready to believe that Clyde was one of the watchers whom Sinker and Riff had mentioned.
He was only half a minute behind Sinker and Riff when he stepped out into the darkness of the back street.
The Shadow would watch and work from darkness, without need to disturb such lesser crooks as Sinker and Riff.
From the darkness of that same little passage where Sinker and Riff had made their threats to Shyvan.
The only men not in the know were Sinker and Riff, the pair whose threats had cowered Shyvan.
It would not be long, however, before Sinker and Riff would learn where Shyvan was.