rif

Verb

rif (third-person singular simple present rifs, present participle riffing, simple past and past participle riffed)

1. Alternative form of RIF
   • 1991, Barbara Czarniawska-Joerges & ‎Peter J. Frost, Reframing Organizational Culture, →ISBN, page 152:

     This sense was expressed in a story about a friend who had been laid off (riffed) in a particularly uncaring manner.

   • 2003, Byron K. Simerson & ‎Michael D. McCormick, Fired, Laid Off, Out of a Job, →ISBN:

     If an employee is not given concrete and objective reasons for being riffed, it may be assumed the decision, "must have been discrimination" due to race, sex, age, ethnic background, or other wrongful basis.

   • 2014, Murray Farish, Inappropriate Behavior: Stories, →ISBN, page 151:

     People are being riffed at her company, too.

Anagrams

• FIR, Fri, IFR, IRF, RFI, fir

Etymology

From Dutch rif. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

rif (plural riwwe)

1. reef

Alternative forms

• reef

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɪf/
• Rhymes: -ɪf

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Noun

rif n (plural riffen, diminutive rifje n)

1. reef: a chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water

Noun

rif n (plural reven, diminutive rifje n)

1. (nautical) reef: an arrangement to reduce the area of a sail in a high wind

Etymology

From Old Norse rif, from Proto-Germanic *ribją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɪːv/
• Rhymes: -ɪːv

Noun

rif n (genitive singular rifs, nominative plural rif)

1. rib
2. reef

Etymology

From Old Norse rif, from Proto-Germanic *ribją.

Noun

rif n

1. rib

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riːv/

Noun

rif

1. Soft mutation of rhif.