raff

¹

[ raf ]

noun

1. riffraff; rabble.

Raff

²

[ rahf ]

noun

1. Joseph Joachim, 1822–82, Swiss composer.

raff

/ ræf /

noun

1. rubbish; refuse
2. rabble or riffraff

Word History and Origins

Origin of raff¹

1665–75; extracted from riffraff ( def )

Word History and Origins

Origin of raff¹

C14: perhaps from Old French rafle a snatching up; compare raffle , riffraff

Example Sentences

Raff delves into several competing models of how, when and where people first made inroads into the Americas.

From Science News

Raff wants to tell the most accurate, if still incomplete, story of how humans settled the Americas by integrating research on ancient and modern DNA with archaeological finds.

From Science News

Look, we are still the same nation of ambitious riff-raff that we always were.

From Freakonomics

It’s common practice now for both new and established acts — including Amanda Palmer, De La Soul, Belly and Hurray for the Riff Raff — to use Kickstarter or GoFundMe to raise capital for records or tours.

From Washington Post

He was known as MTV RiFF RaFF back then, thanks to an MTV logo tattoo on the side of his neck.

From The Daily Beast

When that attachment is opened, the trojan is unleashed, giving the adversary control of the unlucky computer, Raff said.

From The Daily Beast

Raff says the IP address of the server initially connected to the RAT was in Gaza, but it has since changed.

From The Daily Beast

The latest RAT surfaced right before the Gaza conflict began, according to Raff and other Israeli officials.

From The Daily Beast

“The latest element of this campaign is about the recent conflict,” Raff said.

From The Daily Beast

These are the poorer class of models—the riff-raff of the Quarter—who get anywhere from a few sous to a few francs for a séance.

From Project Gutenberg

Raff is going to resign, he says; if I can't get that, I'll get into a law office here.

From Project Gutenberg

The floating riff-raff had passed away, leaving a solid, intelligent population of sixteen hundred.

From Project Gutenberg

But Raff seemed curiously put out and broke upon their chatter.

From Project Gutenberg

I cannot say that either Raff or myself had arrived at any clearness when we headed away into the maze of Colootullah that night.

From Project Gutenberg