Other Definitions
rifle (dest)
rifle (enc)
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Rifle| Noun | 1. | rifle - a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore; "he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired"bolt - a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech pump action, slide action - action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun; a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round precision rifle, sniper rifle - an extremely powerful rifle developed for the military; capable of destroying light armored vehicles and aircraft more than a mile away | | | Verb | 1. | rifle - steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"take - take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill" | | | 2. | rifle - go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way; "Who rifled through my desk drawers?"search - subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys" | |
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