riffing

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of riff
  2. present participle and gerund of rif

noun

  1. The act of one who riffs; an improvisation.
    Both novels are inventive riffings upon classic American authors, including Hawthorne, Melville, […] 2008, Ross Posnock, Philip Roth's Rude Truth: The Art of Immaturity, page 42

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