0 in jazz or popular music, a tune that continues or appears regularly in a piece of music while other parts change or are added: --
The song is punctuated by long guitar riffs.
1 something that is slightly different to the usual form: --
2 in jazz or popular music, to play a short, repeated series of notes : --
3 to speak for a long time on a particular subject, especially in a humorous way: --
He strutted and riffed on topics from global warming to parenthood.
4 (in popular music) a simple tune that is used as a pattern for creating more complicated musical patterns --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.