Rifle
WordNet
noun
(1) A shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore
"He lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired"
verb
(2) Steal goods; take as spoils
"During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
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Etymology
From "to rifle" (gun), from "to scrape, scratch", from , to scratch, heckle (flax), from "to tear by rubbing", akin to (cf. "to wrinkle," "to tear, break")
Noun
- A long firearm firing a single projectile, usually with a rifled barrel to improve accuracy.
Verb
- to search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder.
- To scan many items (especially papers) in a set, quickly. (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.
- To add a spiral to the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy.
- To strike something with great power.
- He rifled a shot past the goalkeeper into the goal.