Played and Riffed

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Played adjective - (of games) engaged in.

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Riffed and played are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Riffed" with "Played", this adjectives are similar.

Nearby Words: play, playful, player, playing, playable

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Played and riffed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Played" instead a verb "Riffed".

Swing musicians usually just "riffed" on the melody, while the bebop musicians played extended solos on the chord changes.

Source: Improv
Mystery Science Theater 3000 once riffed a movie called 12 To The Moon, which played this trope deadly straight: the obnoxious French engineer was willing to let the moon aliens freeze North America in ice because it would knock America out of global competition.

Source: French Jerk

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