'Rifle' definitions:

Definition of 'rifle'

(from WordNet)
noun
A shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore; "he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired"
verb
Steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" [syn: plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray]
verb
Go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way; "Who rifled through my desk drawers?" [syn: rifle, go]

Definition of 'Rifle'

From: GCIDE
  • Rifle \Ri"fle\, v. i.
  • 1. To raffle. [Obs.] --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To commit robbery. [R.] --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rifle'

From: GCIDE
  • Rifle \Ri"fle\, v. t.
  • 1. To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To whet with a rifle. See Rifle, n., 3. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rifle'

From: GCIDE
  • Rifle \Ri"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rifled; p. pr. & vb. n. Rifling.] [F. rifler to rifle, sweep away; of uncertain origin. CF. Raff.]
  • 1. To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off. [1913 Webster]
  • Till time shall rifle every youthful grace. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To strip; to rob; to pillage. --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]
  • Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about ye: If not, we'll make you sit and rifle you. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To raffle. [Obs.] --J. Webster. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rifle'

From: GCIDE
  • Rifle \Ri"fle\, n. [Akin to Dan. rifle, or riffel, the rifle of a gun, a chamfer (cf. riffel, riffelb["o]sse, a rifle gun, rifle to rifle a gun, G. riefeln, riefen, to chamfer, groove), and E. rive. See Rive, and cf. Riffle, Rivel.]
  • 1. A gun, the inside of whose barrel is grooved with spiral channels, thus giving the ball a rotary motion and insuring greater accuracy of fire. As a military firearm it has superseded the musket. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. pl. (Mil.) A body of soldiers armed with rifles. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes. [1913 Webster]
  • Rifle pit (Mil.), a trench for sheltering sharpshooters. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'rifle'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Rifle, CO -- U.S. city in Colorado

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Rifle, CO -- U.S. city in Colorado
Population (2000) :
6784
Housing Units (2000) :
2586
Land area (2000) :
4.290603 sq. miles (11.112611 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.039498 sq. miles (0.102299 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
4.330101 sq. miles (11.214910 sq. km)
FIPS code :
64255
Located within :
Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location :
39.536992 N, 107.782709 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
81650
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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