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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

  • (..) Arms. Prepare to mount. Mount. Port. Pray. This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it (..)
    1987 Full Metal Jacket
  • (..) Your left shoulder. Left, two, three, four. Your right shoulder. Tonight you pukes will sleep with your rifles. You will give your rifle a girl's name. Because this is the only pussy you people are going to get. Your days of finger-banging old Mary Jane Rottencrotch... (..)
    1987 Full Metal Jacket