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rifle
('r/aI/f/@/l )

noun (n)

  • a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    He lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired.
    source: wordnet30
  • 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 As a military firearm it has superseded the musket.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • steal goods; take as spoils(verb.possession)
    source: wordnet30
  • go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Who rifled through my desk drawers?.
    Synonym:
    go
    source: wordnet30
  • To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To raffle.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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