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Word: Rifle
Speech Type: Noun
mid 17th century: from French rifler ‘graze, scratch’, of Germanic origin. The earliest noun usage was in rifle gun, which had ‘rifles’ or spiral grooves cut into the inside of the barrel
ˈrʌɪfl
a gun, especially one fired from shoulder level, having a long spirally grooved barrel intended to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long distance
Short Definition:gun having long spirally grooved barrel intended to make bullet spin
Examples:- a hunting rifle
Word: Rifle
Speech Type: Verb
ˈrʌɪfl
make spiral grooves in (a gun or its barrel or bore) to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long distance
Short Definition:make spiral grooves in gun or barrel
Examples:- there are four basic ways to rifle a gun barrel
hit or kick (a ball) hard and straight
Short Definition:hit or kick ball hard and straight
Examples:- Ferguson rifled home his fourth goal of the season
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