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Word: rifle
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Meaning:
Noun:
- A long firearm firing a single projectile, usually with a rifled barrel to improve accuracy.
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Verb:
- To add a spiral to the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy.
- To scan many items (especially papers) in a set, quickly. ''(See also riffle[http://verbmall.blogspot.com/2008/05/riffle-or-rifle.html])''
- to search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder.
- To strike something with great power.
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