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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
ri•fle1 /ˈraɪfəl/USA pronunciation   n., v., -fled, -fling. 
n. [countable]
  1. a shoulder firearm with a long barrel.

v. [~ + object]
  1. to cut spiral grooves within (a gun barrel, etc.).
  2. to throw (a ball) at high speed:He rifled the ball back to the infield.
ri•fle•man, n. [countable], pl. -men. 

ri•fle2 /ˈraɪfəl/USA pronunciation   v. [~ (+ through) + object], -fled, -fling. 
  1. to search through and steal or rob:The burglars rifled (through) their dresser drawers.
ri•fler, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ri•fle1  (rī′fəl),USA pronunciation n., v., -fled, -fling. 
n. 
  1. a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
  2. one of the grooves.
  3. a cannon with such grooves.
  4. (often cap.) rifles, any of certain military units or bodies equipped with rifles.

v.t. 
  1. to cut spiral grooves within (a gun barrel, pipe, etc.).
  2. to propel (a ball) at high speed, as by throwing or hitting with a bat.
  • Low German rīfeln to groove, derivative of rīve, riefe groove, flute, furrow; akin to Old English rifelede wrinkled
  • 1745–55

ri•fle2  (rī′fəl),USA pronunciation v.t., -fled, -fling. 
  1. to ransack and rob (a place, receptacle, etc.).
  2. to search and rob (a person).
  3. to plunder or strip bare.
  4. to steal or take away.
  • Old French rifler to scratch, strip, plunder
  • Middle English rifel 1325–75
ri′fler, n. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See rob. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
rifle / ˈraɪfəl/
  1. a firearm having a long barrel with a spirally grooved interior, which imparts to the bullet spinning motion and thus greater accuracy over a longer range
  2. (as modifier): rifle fire
  3. (formerly) a large cannon with a rifled bore
  4. one of the grooves in a rifled bore
  5. (plural) a unit of soldiers equipped with rifles
  6. (capital when part of a name): the Rifle Brigade
 (transitive)
  1. to cut or mould spiral grooves inside the barrel of (a gun)
Etymology: 18th Century: from Old French rifler to scratch; related to Low German rifeln from riefe groove, furrow
rifle / ˈraɪfəl/ (transitive)
  1. to search (a house, safe, etc) and steal from it; ransack
  2. to steal and carry off: to rifle goods from a shop
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French rifler to plunder, scratch, of Germanic originˈrifler

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