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 Definitions of rifle  [ˈraɪ fəl]  

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Definition of 'rifle' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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

Definition of 'rifle' Princeton's WordNet 

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?"


Definition of 'rifle' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) rifle
go (horseback/horse) riding
a long gun
a hunting rifle


Definition of 'rifle' Webster Dictionary 

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 As a military firearm it has superseded the musket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


Translation of 'rifle' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a gun with a long barrel, fired from the shoulder
The soldiers are being taught to shoot with rifles.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: geweer Arabic flag Arabic: بُنْدُقِيَّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: пушка
Brazilian flag Brazilian: espingarda Czech flag Czech: puška German flag German: das Gewehr
Danish flag Danish: gevær; riffel Greek flag Greek: τουφέκι Spanish flag Spanish: rifle
Estonian flag Estonian: vintpüss Farsi flag Farsi: تفنگ Finnish flag Finnish: kivääri
French flag French: fusil, carabine Hebrew flag Hebrew: רוֹבֶה Hindi flag Hindi: एक प्रकार की बन्दूक
Croatian flag Croatian: puška (s ižlijebljenom ci Hungarian flag Hungarian: puska Indonesian flag Indonesian: senapan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: riffill Italian flag Italian: fucile, carabina Japanese flag Japanese: ライフル銃
Korean flag Korean: 라이플총 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: šautuvas Latvian flag Latvian: šautene
Malay flag Malay: senapang Dutch flag Dutch: geweer Norwegian flag Norwegian: gevær, rifle
Polish flag Polish: karabin Persian flag Persian: تفنگ Pashto flag Pashto: توپک
Portuguese flag Portuguese: espingarda Romanian flag Romanian: puşcă, carabină Russian flag Russian: винтовка
Slovak flag Slovak: puška Slovenian flag Slovenian: puška Serbian flag Serbian: puška
Swedish flag Swedish: gevär, bössa Thai flag Thai: ปืนยาว Turkish flag Turkish: tüfek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 來福槍 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: гвинтівка Urdu flag Urdu: راءفل
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: súng trường Chinese flag Chinese: 来福枪

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