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rifling
1[rahy-fling]
noun
the act or process of cutting spiral grooves in a gun barrel, pipe, etc.
the system of spiral grooves so cut.
rifling
2[rahy-fling]
noun
the act or process of ransacking or robbing.
rifling
/ ˈɪڱɪŋ /
noun
the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of a firearm's barrel
the series of grooves so cut
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
One by one the Aberdeen men held their nerve, not just scoring but rifling in their penalties with an authority.
All the while, he’s surmising what he might gain by rifling through his associates’ drawers and desks.
He’d slept in the home of the man who claims to be the new head of the Oath Keepers, rifling through his files in the middle of the night.
That’s why rifling through an older relative’s clothing is a common ritual – part archaeological dig, part playtime experiment.
This was meant to put boosters on the near-trillion-tonne berg, rifling it up into the South Atlantic and certain oblivion.
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