RIFLE


Meaning of RIFLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ raɪf(ə)l ]

( rifles, rifling, rifled)

1.

A rifle is a gun with a long barrel.

They shot him at point blank range with an automatic rifle...

N-COUNT

2.

If you rifle through things or rifle them, you make a quick search among them in order to find something or steal something.

I discovered my husband rifling through the filing cabinet...

There were lockers by each seat and I quickly rifled the contents.

VERB : V through n , V n

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