rift

a rift in the lute

A small problem or flaw in something that jeopardizes the whole. I hope this bit of rust isn't a rift in the lute and doesn't end up damaging the whole paint job.

riffed

1. mod. alcohol or drug intoxicated. I can’t keep getting riffed every night like this.

2. and rift mod. fired; released from employment. (From rif, “reduction in force.” A dismissal not for cause, but simply to reduce the number of workers.) Most of the sales force was rift last week.

rift

verb

See riffed

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Guiscard	gees-KAHR	Medieval French
Absalom	AB-sə-lahm (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin
Tacito	tah-CHEE-to (Italian), tah-THEE-to (Spanish), tah-SEE-to (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Lou	LOO (English)	English, French
Celestina	the-le-STEE-nah (Spanish), se-le-STEE-nah (Latin American Spanish), che-le-STEE-nah (Italian)	Spanish, Italian
Antonello	-	Italian