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ri·fle
I. \ˈrīfəl\ verb
(rifled ; rifled ; rifling \-f(ə)liŋ\ ; rifles)
Etymology: Middle English riflen, from Middle French rifler to scratch, file, plunder, from Old French, of Germanic origin; akin to obsolete Dutch rijffelen to scrape, groove, Middle Dutch riven to rake — more at rivel
transitive verb
1. : to ransack and rob or plunder : pillage thoroughly : despoil completely
< his mail was repeatedly rifled — William MacDonald >
< not only dug deep into local archives but rifled the memories of farmers — Newsweek >
2. : to steal and carry away : snatch away : carry off
< till time shall rifle every youthful grace — Alexander Pope >
intransitive verb
: to engage in ransacking and pillaging
< rifling through her desk in a desperate search for writing materials — Brand Blanshard >
Synonyms: see rob
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old North French, perhaps from Old French rifler to scratch, file
1. : a strip of wood covered with emery or similar material and used for sharpening scythes
2. Britain : a bent stick fastened at the butt of a scythe and serving to lay the mowed grain in rows
III. transitive verb
(rifled ; rifled ; rifling \-f(ə)liŋ\ ; rifles)
: to whet with a rifle
< rifling scythes and filing hoes — William Humphrey >
IV. transitive verb
(rifled ; rifled ; rifling \-f(ə)liŋ\ ; rifles)
Etymology: French rifler to scratch, file, from Middle French
: to cut spiral grooves into the bore of (as a firearm or piece of ordnance)
< rifled arms >
< rifled pipe >
V. noun
(-s)
1. archaic : one of the spiral grooves in the bore of a rifled firearm
2.
a. : a firearm having a rifled bore and intended to be fired from the shoulder — see carbine; compare musket, pistol, shotgun
b. : a rifled artillery piece
< startling crack of a single great fourteen-inch rifle, carefully aimed — K.M.Dodson >
3.
a. : rifleman
< appointed captain of a Maryland company of rifles — American Guide Series: Maryland >
b. rifles plural : a body of soldiers armed with rifles
< the 6th Gurkha Rifles >
4. or rifle green : a dark grayish olive green to black
5. : a mobile lighting unit with a spirally ribbed parabolic reflector throwing a narrow beam that is used especially in television and motion-picture making
VI. transitive verb
(rifled ; rifled ; rifling \-f(ə)liŋ\ ; rifles)
Etymology: rifle (V)
: to hit or throw (a ball) with great force
< rifled a single to center field > |