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Definitions for Rifling

[1] the act or process of cutting spiral grooves in a gun barrel, pipe, etc.
[2] the system of spiral grooves so cut.
[3] the act or process of ransacking or robbing.
[4] 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.
[5] one of the grooves.
[6] a cannon with such grooves.
[7] (often initial capital letter ) rifles, any of certain military units or bodies equipped with rifles.
[8] to cut spiral grooves within (a gun barrel, pipe, etc.).
[9] to propel (a ball) at high speed, as by throwing or hitting with a bat.
[10] to ransack and rob (a place, receptacle, etc.).
[11] to search and rob (a person).
[12] to plunder or strip bare.
[13] to steal or take away.
[14] the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of a firearm's barrel
[15] the series of grooves so cut
[16] 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
[17] (formerly) a large cannon with a rifled bore
[18] one of the grooves in a rifled bore
[19] (plural) a unit of soldiers equipped with rifles (capital when part of a name ) the Rifle Brigade
[20] to cut or mould spiral grooves inside the barrel of (a gun)
[21] to throw or hit (a ball) with great speed
[22] to search (a house, safe, etc) and steal from it; ransack
[23] to steal and carry off to rifle goods from a shop

Words related to Rifling

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

Words nearby Rifling

riflebird, rifled slug, rifleman, riflery, riflescope, rifling, riflip, rift, rift saw, rift valley, rift valley fever

Origin of Rifling

e21325–75; Middle English rifel < Old French rifler to scratch, strip, plunder

Words that may be confused with Rifling

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, rifleriffle, rifle

Other words from Rifling

ri·fler , noun

Word origin for Rifling

eC14: from Old French rifler to plunder, scratch, of Germanic origin

Synonyms for Rifling

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