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Definitions for Rifle

[1] a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
[2] one of the grooves.
[3] a cannon with such grooves.
[4] (often initial capital letter ) rifles, any of certain military units or bodies equipped with rifles.
[5] to cut spiral grooves within (a gun barrel, pipe, etc.).
[6] to propel (a ball) at high speed, as by throwing or hitting with a bat.
[7] to ransack and rob (a place, receptacle, etc.).
[8] to search and rob (a person).
[9] to plunder or strip bare.
[10] to steal or take away.
[11] a firearm having a long barrel with a spirally grooved interior, which imparts to the bullet spinning motion and thus greater accuracy over a longer range (as modifier ) rifle fire
[12] (formerly) a large cannon with a rifled bore
[13] one of the grooves in a rifled bore
[14] (plural) a unit of soldiers equipped with rifles (capital when part of a name ) the Rifle Brigade
[15] to cut or mould spiral grooves inside the barrel of (a gun)
[16] to throw or hit (a ball) with great speed
[17] to search (a house, safe, etc) and steal from it; ransack
[18] to steal and carry off to rifle goods from a shop

Words related to Rifle

rip, rummage, trash, burglarize, pillage, rob, gut, sack, despoil, plunder, take, strip, loot, waste, grab, burgle

Words nearby Rifle

riffage, riffle, riffler, riffola, riffraff, rifle, rifle bird, rifle green, rifle grenade, rifle pit, rifle range

Origin of Rifle

21325–75; Middle English rifel < Old French rifler to scratch, strip, plunder

Words that may be confused with Rifle

riffle, rifle

Other words from Rifle

ri·fler , noun

Word origin for Rifle

C14: from Old French rifler to plunder, scratch, of Germanic origin

Synonyms for Rifle

rip, burglarize, burgle, despoil, grab, gut, loot, pillage, plunder, rob, rummage, sack, strip, take, trash, waste, go through, rip off, smash and grab, tip over