Usually means: Improvisational exploration in music, conversation.
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  1. riffing: Merriam-Webster
  2. riffing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. riffing: Vocabulary.com
  4. Riffing, riffing: Wordnik
  5. riffing: Wiktionary
  6. riffing: Dictionary.com
  7. Riffing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. riffing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. riffing: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. riffing: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (riffing)

▸ noun:  The act of one who riffs; an improvisation.

Similar:
thumb, flick, flip, riffle, leaf, Riffian, riffer, riff-raff, rhapsody, raff, more...

Opposite:
structured, rehearsed, planned, composed, arranged

Types:
blues, metal, rock, folk, reggae, jazz, hip hop, electronic, more...



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Similar:
thumb, flick, flip, riffle, leaf, Riffian, riffer, riff-raff, rhapsody, raff, more...

Opposite:
structured, rehearsed, planned, composed, arranged

Types:
blues, metal, rock, folk, reggae, jazz, hip hop, electronic, more...



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