Crossword-Solution: RIFLE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Rifle | v. t. | To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off. |
| Rifle | v. t. | To strip; to rob; to pillage. |
| Rifle | v. t. | To raffle. |
| Rifle | v. i. | To raffle. |
| Rifle | v. i. | To commit robbery. |
| Rifle | n. | A gun, the inside of whose barrel is grooved with spiral channels, thus giving the ball a rotary motion and insuring greater accuracy of fire. As a military firearm it has superseded the musket. |
| Rifle | n. | A body of soldiers armed with rifles. |
| Rifle | n. | A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes. |
| Rifle | v. t. | To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon. |
| Rifle | v. t. | To whet with a rifle. See Rifle, n., 3. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| RIFLE | anagram | FILER, FLIER, FRIEL, FRILE, LIFER |
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Sentences with RIFLE (5)
She bought a new Brussels carpet for the parlor, and a rifle for Gunner and Axel, and an imitation tiger-skin coat and cap for Thor.
The great banths which we had liberated in the garden had evidently been awed at first by the sound of the battle, the yelling of the warriors and the loud report of rifle and bomb.
The instant that its entire length was within the black aperture it sprang forward with the speed of a rifle ball.
During the year that followed, Clayton was several times attacked by the great apes which now seemed to continually infest the vicinity of the cabin; but as he never again ventured outside without both rifle and revolvers he had little fear of the huge beasts.
But at the same instant one of the blacks threw down his load, and, snatching his rifle from his back, fired point-blank at the group of Arabs.
Quotes with RIFLE (3)
In my world, you don’t get to call yourself “pro-life” and be against common-sense gun control — like banning public access to the kind of semiautomatic assault rifle, designed for warfare, that was used recently in a Colorado theater. You don’t get to call yourself “pro-life” and want to shut down the Environmental Protection Agency, which ensures clean air and clean water, prevents childhood asthma, preserves biodiversity and combats climate change that could disrupt every …
The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
He held up the AK-47, the muscles in his arm bunching against the weight. “This is an assault rifle.” Then held up the handgun. “This is a semi-automatic pistol.” Then he gave a little thrust of his hips and looked down at his penis. “That is my gun. As you’ve discovered, it’s pumpaction like a shotgun , but it doesn’t fire bullets.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 399 times in crossword archives (1952–2024).