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Meaning
Noun
●
In Weapons, Firearms & Weapons:
A
firearm
fired
from the
shoulder
;
improved
range and
accuracy
is
provided
by a long,
rifled
barrel.
●
In Military, Firearms & Weapons:
A rifleman.
●
In Weapons, Firearms & Weapons:
An
artillery
piece
with a
rifled
barrel.
●
A
strip
of
wood
covered
with
emery
or a
similar
material
, used for
sharpening
scythes.
Verb
●
To
quickly
search
through many
items
(such as
papers
, the
contents
of a
drawer
, a
pile
of
clothing
). (See also riffle)
●
To
commit
robbery
or theft.
●
To
search
with
intent
to
steal
; to
ransack
,
pillage
or plunder.
●
To
strip
of
goods
; to
rob
; to pillage.
●
To
seize
and
bear away
by
force
; to
snatch
away
; to
carry
off.
●
To
add
a
spiral
groove
to a
gun
bore
to make a
fired
bullet
spin
in flight
in order to improve range and accuracy.
●
In Firearms:
To cause (a
projectile
, as a
rifle
bullet
) to
travel
in
a flat
ballistic
trajectory.
●
To
move in
a flat
ballistic
trajectory
(as a
rifle
bullet).
●
To
dispose of
in a raffle.
●
To
engage
in a raffle.
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