| Raff 1. (v. t.) To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep. 2. (n.) A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse. 3. (n.) The sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob; -- chiefly used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff. 4. (n.) A low fellow; a churl. Thesaurus Entries cattle, chaff, clamjamfry, debris, dregs, dregs of society, dust, junk, litter, lumber, masses, mob, offscourings, offscum, other half, proletariat, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, rubbish, rubble, scrap, scum, shoddy, sordes, swinish multitude, trash, truck, vermin |