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1. (n.) rifle
a shoulder firearm with a rifled bore.
2. rifle
a rifled cannon .
3. rifle
rifles, a military unit equipped with rifles.
4. (v.t.) rifle
to cut spiral grooves within (a gun barrel, pipe, etc.).
5. rifle
to propel (a ball) at high speed.
6. (v.t.) rifle
to ransack and rob.
7. rifle
to steal and take away.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME < OF rifler to scratch, strip, plunder, prob. < Gmc; cf. OHG
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| Definition of 'rifle' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) rifle
a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore
"he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired"
2. (verb) plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
steal goods; take as spoils
"During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
3. (verb) rifle, go
go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
"Who rifled through my desk drawers?"
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1. (noun) rifle
go (horseback/horse) riding
a long gun
a hunting rifle
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) rifle
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 As a military firearm it has superseded the musket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. (noun) rifle
a body of soldiers armed with rifles
3. (noun) rifle
a strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes
4. (verb) rifle
to seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off
5. (verb) rifle
to strip; to rob; to pillage
6. (verb) rifle
to raffle
7. (verb) rifle
to raffle
8. (verb) rifle
to commit robbery
9. (verb) rifle
to grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon
10. (verb) rifle
to whet with a rifle. See Rifle, n., 3
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Sense: a gun with a long barrel, fired from the shoulder
The soldiers are being taught to shoot with rifles.
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 Afrikaans: geweer |
 Arabic: بُنْدُقِيَّه |
 Bulgarian: пушка |
 Brazilian: espingarda |
 Czech: puška |
 German: das Gewehr |
 Danish: gevær; riffel |
 Greek: τουφέκι |
 Spanish: rifle |
 Estonian: vintpüss |
 Farsi: تفنگ |
 Finnish: kivääri |
 French: fusil, carabine |
 Hebrew: רוֹבֶה |
 Hindi: एक प्रकार की बन्दूक |
 Croatian: puška (s ižlijebljenom ci |
 Hungarian: puska |
 Indonesian: senapan |
 Icelandic: riffill |
 Italian: fucile, carabina |
 Japanese: ライフル銃 |
 Korean: 라이플총 |
 Lithuanian: šautuvas |
 Latvian: šautene |
 Malay: senapang |
 Dutch: geweer |
 Norwegian: gevær, rifle |
 Polish: karabin |
 Persian: تفنگ |
 Pashto: توپک |
 Portuguese: espingarda |
 Romanian: puşcă, carabină |
 Russian: винтовка |
 Slovak: puška |
 Slovenian: puška |
 Serbian: puška |
 Swedish: gevär, bössa |
 Thai: ปืนยาว |
 Turkish: tüfek |
 Taiwanese: 來福槍 |
 Ukrainian: гвинтівка |
 Urdu: راءفل |
 Vietnamese: súng trường |
 Chinese: 来福枪 |
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