RIFLE


Meaning of RIFLE in English

(~s, rifling, ~d)

1.

A ~ is a gun with a long barrel.

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

N-COUNT

2.

If you ~ through things or ~ 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 ~d the contents.

VERB: V through n, V n

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