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Definition of Rifle

1. Verb. Steal goods; take as spoils. "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

2. Noun. A shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore. "He lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired"

3. Verb. Go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way. "The men rifle for animals in the area"; "Who rifled through my desk drawers?"

Definition of Rifle

1. v. t. To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.

2. v. i. To raffle.

3. n. A gun, the inside of whose barrel is grooved with spiral channels, thus giving the ball a rotary motion and insuring greater accuracy of fire. As a military firearm it has superseded the musket.

4. v. t. To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon.

Definition of Rifle

1. Noun. A long firearm firing a single projectile, usually with a rifled barrel to improve accuracy. ¹

2. Verb. to search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder. ¹

3. Verb. To scan many items (especially papers) in a set, quickly. ''(See also riffle^{[ ¹}

4. Verb. To add a spiral to the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy. ¹

5. Verb. To strike something with great power. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rifle

1. to search through and rob [v RIFLED, RIFLING, RIFLES]

Medical Definition of Rifle

1. 1. A gun, the inside of whose barrel is grooved with spiral channels, thus giving the ball a rotary motion and insuring greater accuracy of fire. As a military firearm it has superseded the musket. 2. A body of soldiers armed with rifles. 3. A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes. Rifle pit, a trench for sheltering sharpshooters. Origin: Akin to Dan. Rifle, or riffel, the rifle of a gun, a chamfer (cf. Riffel, riffelbosse, a rifle gun, rifle to rifle a gun, G. Riefeln, riefen, to chamfer, groove), and E. Rive. See Rive, and cf. Riffle, Rivel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rifle

riffier riffiest riffing riffle riffled rifflers riffles riffling riffly riffraff

riffraffs riffs riffwise riffy rifle (current term) rifle ball rifle green rifle grenade rifle range rifle ranges

rifle shot riflebird riflebirds rifled rifled slug rifled slugs riflelike rifleman

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