rif
English
Verb
rif (third-person singular simple present rifs, present participle riffing, simple past and past participle riffed)
- 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.
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Afrikaans
Dutch
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɪf/
- Rhymes: -ɪf
Audio (file)
Noun
rif n (plural riffen, diminutive rifje n)
- reef: a chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water
Derived terms
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse rif, from Proto-Germanic *ribją.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɪːv/
- Rhymes: -ɪːv
Declension
Synonyms
- (rib): rifbein
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