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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Rifle has 1 sense
- rifle(n = noun.artifact) - a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore; "he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired" has parts: bolt, pump action, slide action, rifle butt
has particulars: carbine, garand, garand rifle, m-1, m-1 rifle, precision rifle, sniper rifle, winchester
is a kind of firearm, piece, small-arm
Verb Rifle has 2 senses
- rifle(v = verb.possession) despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, strip - steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" is one way to take
- rifle(v = verb.contact) go - go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way; "Who rifled through my desk drawers?" is one way to search
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Sample sentences:
The men Rifle the area for animals
The men Rifle for animals in the area
CIDE DICTIONARY
Rifle, v. t. [F. rifler to rifle, sweep away; of uncertain origin. CF. Raff.].
- To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off. [1913 Webster]"Till time shall rifle every youthful grace." [1913 Webster]
- To strip; to rob; to pillage. Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]"Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about ye:
If not, we'll make you sit and rifle you." [1913 Webster] - To raffle. J. Webster. [1913 Webster]
Rifle, v. i.
- To raffle. Chapman. [1913 Webster]
- To commit robbery. Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
Rifle, n. [Akin to Dan. rifle, or riffel, the rifle of a gun, a chamfer (cf. riffel, riffelbösse, a rifle gun, rifle to rifle a gun, G. riefeln, riefen, to chamfer, groove), and E. rive. See Rive, and cf. Riffle, Rivel.].
- 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 As a military firearm it has superseded the musket. [1913 Webster]
- A body of soldiers armed with rifles. [1913 Webster]
- A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes. [1913 Webster]
Rifle, v. t.
- To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon. [1913 Webster]
- To whet with a rifle. See Rifle,
n. , 3. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Rifle, n. & v.
--n.
1 a gun with a long rifled barrel, esp. one fired from shoulder-level.
2 (in pl.) riflemen.
--v.tr. make spiral grooves in (a gun or its barrel or bore) to make a bullet spin.
--n.
1 a gun with a long rifled barrel, esp. one fired from shoulder-level.
2 (in pl.) riflemen.
--v.tr. make spiral grooves in (a gun or its barrel or bore) to make a bullet spin.
Idiom
rifle bird any dark green Australian bird of paradise of the genus Ptiloris. rifle-range a place for rifle-practice. rifle-shot
1 the distance coverable by a shot from a rifle.
2 a shot fired with a rifle.
1 the distance coverable by a shot from a rifle.
2 a shot fired with a rifle.
Rifle, v.tr. & (foll. by through) intr.
1 search and rob, esp. of all that can be found.
2 carry off as booty.
1 search and rob, esp. of all that can be found.
2 carry off as booty.
Etymology
ME f. OF rifler graze, scratch, plunder f. ODu. riffelen