rifle

/'raifl/

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Explanation of the Word "Rifle"

Part of Speech: - Noun - Verb

Advanced Usage:

• In Literature: The term "rifle" can appear in stories or poems to describe characters involved in hunting or warfare, emphasizing the weapon's precision and power.
• In News: You might see "rifle" in reports about crimes involving break-ins or thefts.

Word Variants:

• Rifled (adjective): Describing something that has been made with grooves inside the barrel of a gun for better accuracy.
• Rifling (noun): The process of making these grooves in a gun barrel.

Different Meanings:

1. Military Context: Refers specifically to a firearm used by soldiers.
2. Search Context: Refers to the act of searching through items, often in a stealthy or unauthorized manner.

Synonyms:

• For the noun:
  • Gun
  • Firearm
  • Long gun
• For the verb:
  • Search
  • Ransack
  • Loot

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs:

• "Rifle through": This phrase means to search through something quickly and often messily.

  • Example: "She rifled through her bag looking for her keys."

• "Rifle someone’s belongings": This means to search through someone’s personal items without their permission.

  • Example: "The thief rifled through the drawers looking for cash."

Summary:

The word "rifle" can refer to a specific type of gun or describe the action of searching through belongings.

Academic

Noun

1. a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore
   • he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired

Verb

1. go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
   • Who rifled through my desk drawers?
2. steal goods; take as spoils
   • During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners

Synonyms

• go
• plunder
• despoil
• loot
• reave
• strip
• ransack
• pillage
• foray