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rifle

Definition

  • noun: a gun that has a long barrel and that is held against your shoulder when you shoot it
  • verb: to ransack especially with the intent to steal
  • verb: to search through something quickly and carelessly often in order to take or steal something
  • synonyms: strip, rob, pillage

Examples

  • The shortstop 'rifled' a throw to second base for the out.

  • Someone 'rifled' his wallet and took his money.

  • The forward 'rifled' the ball toward the goal.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) valor for killing some poor kids.. that wanted just to give up that's all Yeah, some scared little gook just like you. I shot them right in a face with that rifle you were holding in there a while ago. So if the day goes by that I don't think about it. You don't that on your soul. (..)
    2008 Gran Torino