26984 words

rifles

5 definitions • 4 examples
1
a type of gun with a long barrel (= part shaped like a tube), fired from the shoulder and designed to be accurate at long distances
2
to search quickly through something, often in order to steal something:

Examples:

The safe had been rifled and the diamonds were gone.
He rifled through the papers on the desk, but couldn't find the photographs.
3
a type of gun with a long barrel (= cylindrical part) which is fired from the shoulder
4
to search quickly through something, esp. in order to steal something:

Examples:

[ I ] He rifled through the safe, but the diamonds were gone.
5
to hit or throw a ball very hard:

Examples:

By the game’s end, he had rifled two balls out of the ball field.

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