rifle¹ /rīˈfl/

1. To groove spirally
2. (also intransitive verb) to shoot with a rifle
3. To hit (a ball) very hard at a target

1. A firearm with a spirally grooved barrel
2. A groove on the inside bore of a gun
3. (in pl) riflemen

rīˈfling noun

1. The spiral grooving of a gun-bore
2. The act of making such grooving

rifle bird or rifleman bird noun

1. Any of several Australian birds of paradise with a call like a whistling bullet
2. A New Zealand bushwren

rifle corps noun

A body of soldiers armed with rifles

rifle green noun

A dark green, the colour of a rifleman's uniform (also adjective)

rifle grenade noun

A grenade or bomb fired from a rifle

riˈfleman noun

1. A soldier armed with a rifle
2. A rifle bird

rifle pit noun

A pit to shelter riflemen

rifle range noun

1. The range of a rifle
2. A place for rifle practice

rifle shot noun

rifle² /rīˈfl/

1. To plunder
2. To ransack
3. To disarray
4. (of a hawk) to seize only the feathers of
5. To injure

rīˈfler noun

rīˈfling noun

• interior designers
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