Rifle
noun
A long gun with a grooved barrel to make the bullet spin for accuracy.
He aimed the rifle and fired at the target.
verb
To search quickly through something, usually in an uncontrolled way.
He rifled through the drawer, looking for his keys.
Often appears as...
- rifle through drawers
- rifle through papers
verb
To take something quickly and often violently from a place.
The thieves had rifled the house, taking anything of value.
noun
A sort of strip cut from wood to make the grooves in a barrel.
The craftsman used a rifle to carve out the grooves in the wooden barrel.
noun
A long gun with a grooved barrel to make the bullet spin for accuracy.
He aimed the rifle and fired at the target.
verb
To search quickly through something, usually in an uncontrolled way.
He rifled through the drawer, looking for his keys.
Often appears as...
- rifle through drawers
- rifle through papers
verb
To take something quickly and often violently from a place.
The thieves had rifled the house, taking anything of value.
noun
A sort of strip cut from wood to make the grooves in a barrel.
The craftsman used a rifle to carve out the grooves in the wooden barrel.
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Weapon Precision
Rifles have a spiraled barrel improving shooting accuracy, mainly used for longer-range targets.
The hunter chose his rifle for a precise shot.
Pro Tip 2/3Military Context
Rifles are common in military vocabulary and discussion about warfare or hunting.
Soldiers cleaned their rifles before the operation.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbolism
In some cultures, rifles symbolize rebellion or revolution; understand the context when it's used metaphorically.
The rifle became an icon of the resistance.
Pro Tip 1/3Weapon Precision
Rifles have a spiraled barrel improving shooting accuracy, mainly used for longer-range targets.
The hunter chose his rifle for a precise shot.
Pro Tip 2/3Military Context
Rifles are common in military vocabulary and discussion about warfare or hunting.
Soldiers cleaned their rifles before the operation.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbolism
In some cultures, rifles symbolize rebellion or revolution; understand the context when it's used metaphorically.
The rifle became an icon of the resistance.
Pro Tip 1/3Weapon Precision
Rifles have a spiraled barrel improving shooting accuracy, mainly used for longer-range targets.
The hunter chose his rifle for a precise shot.
Pro Tip 2/3Military Context
Rifles are common in military vocabulary and discussion about warfare or hunting.
Soldiers cleaned their rifles before the operation.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbolism
In some cultures, rifles symbolize rebellion or revolution; understand the context when it's used metaphorically.
The rifle became an icon of the resistance.
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My journey from Marine...
It's a powerful thing, getting in a room with complete strangers and reminding ourselves of our humanity, and that self-expression is just as valuable a tool as a rifle on your shoulder. And for an organization like the military, that prides itself on having acronyms for acronyms, you can get lost in the sauce
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Tim Laman & Ed Scholes:...
but there's an important other part of this story of course right and that's the females this is a female of a paradise rifle bird this was one of the species that lives in Australia we found this when the Tim took this photograph just in the mountains outside of Brisbane Australia as you can see the
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Why our IQ levels are...
and that they had repeating rifles at the time of the Spanish-American War, and then they had machine guns by the time of World War I. And, in other words, it was the equipment that was in the hands of the average soldier that was responsible, not greater keenness of eye
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I am the son of a...
my father helped me hold the rifle to my shoulder and explained how to aim at the target about 30 yards off. That day, the last bullet I shot hit the small orange light that sat on top of the target and to everyone's surprise, especially mine,
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Rwandan Army Shoot Out PIPE...
the mountain with Diane and we didn't know who was who but you don't argue with people carrying loaded rifles I was hauled off the back and taken away to be strip searched and so on and you said to me don't worry I've changed the
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The "Joy" of "Upside...
ex-boyfriend and then we're gonna go straight into a song that I wrote and about it's an instrumental piece called joy and I wrote it I woke up with this melody in my head and I you know went rifling
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Hollywood Shootout PIPE...
only designed to withstand small arms fire and I can feel the the nozzle the rifle being placed on my back he hit me with the with the rifle and the side of the hand like I mean business and I said
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A digital reimagining of...
on the west side of the battlefield, standing under the trees. 18,000 men who first begin to walk and then trot and then run across open farm fields with their rifles leveled at the federal line.
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What I learned as a...
Here I was, being stubborn towards a trained soldier with a gun. I looked at his eyes. He was just a boy. At that moment, he raised his rifle to hit me, but I saw that he was hesitating.
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Newton Aduaka: The story...
The barrel of the gun! This is the gun. This is the gun. This is an AK-47 rifle. This is your life. This is your life. This is ... this is ... this is your life.
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My journey from Marine...
It's a powerful thing, getting in a room with complete strangers and reminding ourselves of our humanity, and that self-expression is just as valuable a tool as a rifle on your shoulder. And for an organization like the military, that prides itself on having acronyms for acronyms, you can get lost in the sauce
Video examples
Tim Laman & Ed Scholes:...
but there's an important other part of this story of course right and that's the females this is a female of a paradise rifle bird this was one of the species that lives in Australia we found this when the Tim took this photograph just in the mountains outside of Brisbane Australia as you can see the
Video examples
Why our IQ levels are...
and that they had repeating rifles at the time of the Spanish-American War, and then they had machine guns by the time of World War I. And, in other words, it was the equipment that was in the hands of the average soldier that was responsible, not greater keenness of eye
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I am the son of a...
my father helped me hold the rifle to my shoulder and explained how to aim at the target about 30 yards off. That day, the last bullet I shot hit the small orange light that sat on top of the target and to everyone's surprise, especially mine,
Video examples
Rwandan Army Shoot Out PIPE...
the mountain with Diane and we didn't know who was who but you don't argue with people carrying loaded rifles I was hauled off the back and taken away to be strip searched and so on and you said to me don't worry I've changed the
Video examples
The "Joy" of "Upside...
ex-boyfriend and then we're gonna go straight into a song that I wrote and about it's an instrumental piece called joy and I wrote it I woke up with this melody in my head and I you know went rifling
Video examples
Hollywood Shootout PIPE...
only designed to withstand small arms fire and I can feel the the nozzle the rifle being placed on my back he hit me with the with the rifle and the side of the hand like I mean business and I said
Video examples
A digital reimagining of...
on the west side of the battlefield, standing under the trees. 18,000 men who first begin to walk and then trot and then run across open farm fields with their rifles leveled at the federal line.
Video examples
What I learned as a...
Here I was, being stubborn towards a trained soldier with a gun. I looked at his eyes. He was just a boy. At that moment, he raised his rifle to hit me, but I saw that he was hesitating.
Video examples
Newton Aduaka: The story...
The barrel of the gun! This is the gun. This is the gun. This is an AK-47 rifle. This is your life. This is your life. This is ... this is ... this is your life.
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Malala Yousafzai
Pakistani Activist
I was a girl in a land where rifles are fired in celebration of a son, while daughters are hidden away behind a curtain, their role in life simply to prepare food and give birth to children.
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Sitting Bull
Statesman
I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.
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Theodore Roosevelt
American President
A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
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Dale Earnhardt
American Driver
Two of my favorite things are my steering wheel and my Remington rifle.
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Paul Ryan
American Politician
People have a constitutional right to have semiautomatic rifles.
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Mikhail Kalashnikov
Russian Inventor
I do not consider the AK to be the best-ever assault rifle.
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Jason Kander
American Politician
In the Army, I learned how to use and respect my rifle.
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Joseph Stalin
Georgian Leader
The only real power comes out of a long rifle.
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Wayne LaPierre
American Activist
Once they ban rifles, they're gone forever.
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Corey Stewart
American Public Servant
The fact is that the AR-15 is a good rifle.
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Malala Yousafzai
Pakistani Activist
I was a girl in a land where rifles are fired in celebration of a son, while daughters are hidden away behind a curtain, their role in life simply to prepare food and give birth to children.
Quote examples
Sitting Bull
Statesman
I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.
Quote examples
Theodore Roosevelt
American President
A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
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Dale Earnhardt
American Driver
Two of my favorite things are my steering wheel and my Remington rifle.
Quote examples
Paul Ryan
American Politician
People have a constitutional right to have semiautomatic rifles.
Quote examples
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Russian Inventor
I do not consider the AK to be the best-ever assault rifle.
Quote examples
Jason Kander
American Politician
In the Army, I learned how to use and respect my rifle.
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Joseph Stalin
Georgian Leader
The only real power comes out of a long rifle.
Quote examples
Wayne LaPierre
American Activist
Once they ban rifles, they're gone forever.
Quote examples
Corey Stewart
American Public Servant
The fact is that the AR-15 is a good rifle.
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