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rifle
1[ rahy-fuhl ]
noun
- a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- one of the grooves.
- a cannon with such grooves.
- Often Rifles. any of certain military units or bodies equipped with rifles.
verb (used with object)
- to cut spiral grooves within (a gun barrel, pipe, etc.).
- to propel (a ball) at high speed, as by throwing or hitting with a bat.
rifle
2[ rahy-fuhl ]
verb (used with object)
- to ransack and rob (a place, receptacle, etc.).
- to search and rob (a person).
- to plunder or strip bare.
- to steal or take away.
rifle
1/ ˈɪə /
noun
- a firearm having a long barrel with a spirally grooved interior, which imparts to the bullet spinning motion and thus greater accuracy over a longer range
- ( as modifier )
rifle fire
- (formerly) a large cannon with a rifled bore
- one of the grooves in a rifled bore
- plural
- a unit of soldiers equipped with rifles
- ( capital when part of a name )
the Rifle Brigade
verb
- to cut or mould spiral grooves inside the barrel of (a gun)
- to throw or hit (a ball) with great speed
rifle
2/ ˈɪə /
verb
- to search (a house, safe, etc) and steal from it; ransack
- to steal and carry off
to rifle goods from a shop
Derived Forms
- ˈڱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- f noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of rifle1
Origin of rifle2
Word History and Origins
Origin of rifle1
Origin of rifle2
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Example Sentences
We plotted three of the killings on a 3D reconstruction of Kenya's parliament, allowing us to trace the fatal shots back to the rifles of a police officer and a soldier.
The assault rifles and pistols arrived in Haiti stashed in two cardboard boxes, nestled among packages of food and clothes, on a cargo ship stacked with rust-red shipping containers.
The officer wrote in the complaint that Mongols leaders maintain an “arsenal” of assault rifles, handguns, shotguns, knives and bulletproof vests in their downtown Los Angeles headquarters.
All the while, he’s surmising what he might gain by rifling through his associates’ drawers and desks.
“I got to a point where I was sitting in my room, I had my rifle and I had a bullet and I pulled the trigger and the gun clicked, but nothing happened,” he said.
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