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- verb Present participle of
riff .
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Examples
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I tried and failed to come up with a title riffing on the clams thing.
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The other reveals how useless this approach is when it's based on mere "riffing" -- that euphemism that's often used to justify columns that have nothing in them in the way of real reporting or analysis.
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Here is what Rebekah first presented to the participating artists -- I love the idea of riffing off of the Fibonacci sequence:
Archive 2009-10-01 2009
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Here is what Rebekah first presented to the participating artists -- I love the idea of riffing off of the Fibonacci sequence:
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She does it while at the same time riling and riffing, which is quite a talent.
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But there were moments where the story was killing time, especially once the MRI started, that were just Poehler and Arnett riffing, which is funny (I have a soul) but which stopped serving its purpose.
Cultural Learnings 2010
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Taylor takes the opportunity to lay down more than two minutes of overdubbed riffing that is everything a psychedelic guitar solo should be.
Arbiter Online 2009
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Taylor takes the opportunity to lay down more than two minutes of overdubbed riffing that is everything a psychedelic guitar solo should be.
Arbiter Online 2009
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Taylor takes the opportunity to lay down more than two minutes of overdubbed riffing that is everything a psychedelic guitar solo should be.
Arbiter Online 2009
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Taylor takes the opportunity to lay down more than two minutes of overdubbed riffing that is everything a psychedelic guitar solo should be.
Arbiter Online 2009
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