A riff is an example of ostinato, a short, repeated musical phrase.
Riff, RIFF, The Riff, or Riffs may also refer to:
Acronyms Film festivals Reykjavík International Film Festival, Iceland Riga International Film Festival, Latvia Riverside International Film Festival, California, U.S. Riviera International Film Festival, Italy Rome Independent Film Festival, Italy
Other acronyms Rajasthan International Folk Festival, a music and arts festival in Jodhpur, India Resource Interchange File Format, a file container format for storing data
Fictional characters Riff, a character in Allegra's Window Riff (dinosaur), on Barney & Friends, a supporting character from 2006 to 2018 Riff Randle, protagonist of the Ramones film Rock 'n' Roll High School Riff (Sluggy Freelance) The Riffs, a gang in the film The Warriors Riff, the leader of the Jets in West Side Story
Music Riff (American band), a 1980s–1990s R&B a cappella group The Riffs, American punk rock band Riff (Argentine band) a hard rock band "The Riff Song", a musical number from The Desert Song Riffs (Jimmy Lyons album) "The Riff" (Lordi song), 2013 Riffs (Status Quo album), 2003 "Riff", a song by Sander van Doorn from the album Supernaturalistic
Media The Riff, an Australian music video television show Riff: Everyday Shooter, a 2007 video game "The Riff", a name for WRIF, a radio station in Detroit, Michigan, US
See also RIF (disambiguation) Rif, a region of Morocco Riffian people, a Berber people of the Rif MSTing, or "riffing", a form of humorous media commentary RiffTrax, a company that produces such humor