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Rifle
/ˈɹaɪfəl/
A shouldered firearm with a long, rifled barrel to improve range and accuracy.
📖 Definitions of "Rifle"
- 1
A shouldered firearm with a long, rifled barrel to improve range and accuracy.
- 2
(usually plural) A rifleman.
- 3
An artillery piece with a rifled barrel.
- 4
A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.
- 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
To commit robbery or theft.
- 3
To search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder.
- 4
To strip of goods; to rob; to pillage.
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