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Rifle

/ˈɹaɪfəl/

A shouldered firearm with a long, rifled barrel to improve range and accuracy.

📖 Definitions of "Rifle"

noun
  1. 1

    A shouldered firearm with a long, rifled barrel to improve range and accuracy.

  2. 2

    (usually plural) A rifleman.

  3. 3

    An artillery piece with a rifled barrel.

  4. 4

    A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.

verb
  1. 1

    To quickly search through many items (such as papers, the contents of a drawer, a pile of clothing). (See also rifflehttp//verbmall.blogspot.com/2008/05/riffle-or-rifle.html)

    "She made a mess when she rifled through the stack of papers, looking for the title document."

  2. 2

    To commit robbery or theft.

  3. 3

    To search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder.

  4. 4

    To strip of goods; to rob; to pillage.

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