rifle

1. (intransitive)To quickly search through many items (such as papers, the contents of a drawer, a pile of clothing).

   Near-synonym: riffle

   She made a mess when she rifled through the stack of papers, looking for the title document.

2. (intransitive)To commit robbery or theft.

3. (transitive)To search with intent to steal.

   steal goods; take as spoils

4. (transitive)To strip of goods; to rob; to pillage.

5. (transitive)To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.

6. (transitive)To add a spiral groove to a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight in order to improve range and accuracy.

7. (transitive)To cause (a projectile, as a rifle bullet) to travel in a flat ballistic trajectory.

   2011 Fighting for Gold: The Story of Canada's Sledge Hockey Paralympic Gold by Lorna Schultz Schultz Nicholson But a Norwegian player rifled off a point shot that sailed into the back of the net.

8. (intransitive)To move in a flat ballistic trajectory (as a rifle bullet).

9. (obsolete, transitive)To dispose of in a raffle.

10. (intransitive, obsolete)To engage in a raffle.

1. He always walks with a rifle.

   Він завжди ходить із рушницею.

   ruОн всегда ходит с винтовкой.

   deEr ist immer mit einem Gewehr unterwegs.

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2. Have you ever bought a rifle?

   Ти колись купував рушницю?

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3. Put the rifle down.

   Поклади рушницю.

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4. Tom cleaned his rifle.

   Том почистив свою рушницю.

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5. Tom's rifle wasn't loaded.

   Рушниця Тома не була заряджена.

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