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Rifles

noun
/ˈɹaɪfl̩z/
Word Frequency: 3.9

Definitions

1.nounA shouldered firearm with a long, rifled barrel to improve range and accuracy.
2.noun(usually plural) A rifleman.
3.nounAn artillery piece with a rifled barrel.
4.nounA strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.
5.verbTo 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)
"She made a mess when she rifled through the stack of papers, looking for the title document."
6.verbTo commit robbery or theft.
7.verbTo search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder.
8.verbTo strip of goods; to rob; to pillage.
9.verbTo seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.
10.verbTo add a spiral groove to a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight in order to improve range and accuracy.
11.verbTo cause (a projectile, as a rifle bullet) to travel in a flat ballistic trajectory.
12.verbTo move in a flat ballistic trajectory (as a rifle bullet).
13.verbTo dispose of in a raffle.
14.verbTo engage in a raffle.

Synonyms

stripforayreaveransackpillageplunderlootdespoilgoarmsbulletscarbines

Rhymes With

stiflesapply fillseye fillskreifelslife fillsschreifelssky fillstrifles
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