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    ri·fle
    [ˈrīf(ə)l]
    noun
    rifle (noun) · rifles (plural noun)
    1. a gun, especially one fired from shoulder level, having a long spirally grooved barrel intended to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long distance:
      "a hunting rifle"
      • (rifles)
        troops armed with rifles:
        "the Burma Rifles"
    verb
    rifle (verb) · rifles (third person present) · rifled (past tense) · rifled (past participle) · rifling (present participle)
    1. make spiral grooves in (a gun or its barrel or bore) to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long distance:
      "there are four basic ways to rifle a gun barrel"
    2. hit, throw, or kick (a ball or puck) hard and straight:
      "he rifled a hard, rising shot from just inside the blue line"
    Origin
    mid 17th century: from French rifler ‘graze, scratch’, of Germanic origin. The earliest noun usage was in rifle gun, which had ‘rifles’ or spiral grooves cut into the inside of the barrel.
    ri·fle
    [ˈrīf(ə)l]
    verb
    rifle (verb) · rifles (third person present) · rifled (past tense) · rifled (past participle) · rifling (present participle)
    1. search through something in a hurried way in order to find or steal something:
      "she rifled through the cassette tapes" · "they rifled the house for money"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French rifler ‘graze, plunder’, of Germanic origin.
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    A rifle is a gun with a long barrel and spiral grooves inside, which gives the bullet a spinning motion. Learn more about the word origin, synonyms, pronunciation, and usage of rifle in different contexts.

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