riffed

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English

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Verb

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riffed

  1. simple past and past participle of riff
  2. simple past and past participle of rif

Adjective

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riffed (not comparable)

  1. Who has lost a job due to a RIF (reduction in force).
    • 1958, Air Force Magazine - Volume 41, page 86:
      Several ships could be sunk by the copious tears being shed by riffed reservists.
    • 1987, Nathalie Jean Gehrke, On being a teacher, page 93:
      Riffed teachers are unlikely to return to teaching, for they often have found other challenging, financially rewarding work that they might otherwise never have tried.
    • 2008, Nancy Daniel Wesson, Moving Your Aging Parents, →ISBN:
      Years ago, my job at an employment outplacement firm was to train and counsel groups of recently riffed employees.

Anagrams

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Maltese

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Root
r-f-d
8 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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riffed (imperfect jriffed, past participle mriffed, verbal noun tirfid)

  1. to prop, support, buttress

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of riffed
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m riffidt riffidt riffed riffidna riffidtu riffdu
f riffdet
imperfect m nriffed triffed jriffed nriffdu triffdu jriffdu
f triffed
imperative riffed riffdu