Definitions for rifle



Overview of noun rifle

The noun rifle has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (75) rifle

(a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore; "he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired")


Overview of verb rifle

The verb rifle has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray

(steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners")

2. rifle, go

(go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way; "Who rifled through my desk drawers?")

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