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Definition rifle

Etymology

Originally short for “rifled gun”, referring to the spiral grooves inside the barrel. From Middle English, from Old French rifler (“to scrape off, plunder”), from Old Dutch *riffil?n (compare archaic Dutch rijfelen (“to scrape”), Old English geriflian (“to wrinkle”)), frequentative of Proto-Germanic *r?fan? (compare Old Norse rífa (“to tear, break”)). More at rive.

Noun

rifle (plural rifles)

1. A long firearm firing a single projectile, usually with a rifled barrel to improve accuracy.
2. A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.

Verb

rifle (third-person singular simple present rifles, present participle rifling, simple past and past participle rifled)

1. To search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder.
2. To scan many items (especially papers) in a set, quickly. (See also riffle)
3. To add a spiral to the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy.
4. To strike something with great power.
5. to begin movement at great speed
6. (intransitive) To commit robbery.
7. (transitive) To strip of goods; to rob; to pillage.
8. To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.
9. To raffle.

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