Raff Definition

raf
noun

Riffraff.

Webster's New World
Rubbish; trash.
Webster's New World

A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse.

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The common rabble or mob; riffraff.

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A low fellow; a churl.

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verb

To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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Origin of Raff

  • Old French raffer, of German origin; compare German raffen, akin to English rap (“to snatch"). Compare riffraff, rip (“to tear").

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Raff Sentence Examples

  • The important small published works are Eine Faust Overture (1839-1840; rewritten, 1855); the Siegfried Idylle (an exquisite serenade for small orchestra on themes from the finale of Siegfried, written as a surprise for Frau Wagner in 1870); the Kaisermarsch (1871), the Huldigungsmarsch (1864) for military band (the scoring of the concert-version finished by Raff); Fiinf Gedichte (1862), a set of songs containing two studies for Tristan; and the early quasi-oratorio scene for male-voice chorus and full orchestra, Das Liebesmahl der Apostel (1843).

  • Among the works produced for the first time or rehearsed with a view to the furtherance of musical art were Wagner's Tannhduser, Der fliegende Hollander, Das Liebesmahl der Apostel, and Eine Faust Overture, Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini, the Symphonie Fantastique, Harold en Italie, Romeo et Juliette, La Damnation de Faust, and L'Enfance du Christ - the last two conducted by the composer - Schumann's Genoveva, Paradise and the the music to Manfred and to Faust, Weber's Euryanthe, Schubert's Alfonso and Estrella, Raff's Kanig Alfred, Cornelius's Der Barbier von Baghdad and many more.

  • Too keep us riff raff out of his hair of course.

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Words Starting With

RRARAF

Words Ending With

FFFAFF

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Words Starting With R and Ending With F

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