"rif" meaning in English

See rif in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: rifs [present, singular, third-person], riffing [participle, present], riffed [participle, past], riffed [past]
Rhymes: -ɪf Head templates: {{en-verb}} rif (third-person singular simple present rifs, present participle riffing, simple past and past participle riffed)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of RIF Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: RIF
    Sense id: en-rif-en-verb-~sngknXa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for rif meaning in English (1.6kB)

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