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• rifle — Ⅰ. rifle [1] ► NOUN 1) a gun, especially one fired from shoulder level, having a long spirally grooved barrel to make a bullet spin and thereby increase accuracy over a long distance. 2) (rifles) troops armed with rifles. ► VERB 1) (usu. as adj.… …   English terms dictionary

• rifle — I UK [ˈraɪf(ə)l] / US noun [countable] Word forms rifle : singular rifle plural rifles * a large gun with a long barrel that you hold against your shoulder to fire II UK [ˈraɪf(ə)l] / US verb [transitive] Word forms rifle : present tense… …   English dictionary

• rifle — ri|fle1 [ raıfl ] noun count * a large gun with a long BARREL that you hold against your shoulder to fire rifle ri|fle 2 [ raıfl ] verb transitive 1. ) rifle or rifle through to search quickly through something such as a container or a group of… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• rifle — [[t]ra͟ɪf(ə)l[/t]] rifles, rifling, rifled 1) N COUNT A rifle is a gun with a long barrel. They shot him at point blank range with an automatic rifle... Neighbours heard the sound of rifle fire and alerted the police. 2) VERB If you rifle through …   English dictionary

• rifle — ri|fle1 [ˈraıfəl] n ↑barrel, ↑sight, ↑trigger [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: rifle to cut grooves on the inside of something, especially a gun barrel (17 21 centuries), from Old French rifler to cut into a surface, steal ] a long gun which you hold up …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• rifle — [ˈraɪf(ə)l] noun [C] I a large gun with a long BARREL II verb [T] rifle [ˈraɪf(ə)l]; ˌrifle ˈthrough sth to search quickly through something in order to find something …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• rifle — rifle1 noun 1》 a gun, especially one fired from shoulder level, having a long spirally grooved barrel to make a bullet spin and thereby increase accuracy over a long distance. 2》 (rifles) troops armed with rifles. verb 1》 [usu. as adjective… …   English new terms dictionary

• push-through — 1. noun a) A narrow passageway through. 1985: Twas hard to believe a whale that big could get herself into the pond. Certainly, there was no water for her in the pushthrough, and even the south gut never had no moren two fathom and a half since… …   Wiktionary

• M16 rifle — Rifle, 5.56 mm, M16 From top to bottom: M16A1, M16A2, M4A1, M16A4 Type Assault rifle Place  …   Wikipedia

• The Rifleman's Rifle — was the modified Winchester 1892 that Lucas McCain, as portrayed by Chuck Connors, always carried in the television series The Rifleman. The Rifleman The Rifleman was the saga of Lucas McCain, a homesteader in the Old West struggling to make a… …   Wikipedia

• pull-through — noun cleaning implement consisting of an oily rag attached by a cord to a weight; is pulled through the barrel of a rifle or handgun to clean it • Hypernyms: ↑cleaning implement, ↑cleaning device, ↑cleaning equipment * * * (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun ( s)… …   Useful english dictionary