Define Refrain Meaning

In a song, a verse that is repeated regularly and often. Applicable to anything repeated with frequency and regularity.

Also to avoid taking an action, usually with some conflict.

To stop. Often followed by 'from'. 'Refrain' is usually used when speaking about human action.

the command form of "to refrain", "to stop"

A refraining order is when someone tells you not to say something to someone other than yourself.

Tabrizi proverb (made famous by Qalandar of Tabriz)

To cease, desist, stop whatever it is you're saying or doing. A badass thing to say to someone when you want to lay the smackdown on them.

An extremely esoteric nickname for cocaine. In the original lyrics to the Cole Porter classic showtune "I Get a Kick Out of You", the second verse begins is "Some get a kick from cocaine". As the years passed, that was changed to "Some like the bop-type refrain" so kids could continue to put on "Anything Goes" as a high-school musical.

People aware of this, wanting to demonstrate their cultural refinement and speak about cocaine, all while avoiding eavesdroppers and self-incrimination, replace the technical name of their drug of choice with "Bop-type Refrain" (or simply "Bop-type", though the later option brings with it a tremendous risk of losing your audience.)

It's basically the same as No Nut November

Except that it is created for people who is fasting in the holy month of Ramadan

The deed is for the people to abstain from masturbation or pornography during the whole month of ramadan

The rapid little multi-note musical ditty that you hear when you press "redial" on a touch-tone phone.

A legal document that makes you stop singing that same part of that song over and over again.