rifle

B1
Pronunciation
/ˈɹaɪfəl/
Noun
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

2 Definition

(usually plural) A rifleman.

3 Definition

An artillery piece with a rifled barrel.

4 Definition

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

Verb
10 definition(s)
1 Definition

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)

Example Sentences
  • She made a mess when she rifled through the stack of papers, looking for the title document.
2 Definition

To commit robbery or theft.

3 Definition

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

4 Definition

To strip of goods; to rob; to pillage.

5 Definition

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

6 Definition

To add a spiral groove to a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight in order to improve range and accuracy.

7 Definition

To cause (a projectile, as a rifle bullet) to travel in a flat ballistic trajectory.

8 Definition

To move in a flat ballistic trajectory (as a rifle bullet).

9 Definition

To dispose of in a raffle.

10 Definition

To engage in a raffle.