verb Download 🔗Share To quickly search through many items (such as papers, the contents of a drawer, a pile of clothing). (See also rifflehttp//verbmall.blogspot.com/2008/05/riffle-or-rifle.html) Examples : "She made a mess when she rifled through the stack of papers, looking for the title document." action item process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To commit robbery or theft. Examples : "The burglars rifled the house, taking jewelry and electronics. " property police action law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To add a spiral groove to a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight in order to improve range and accuracy. Examples : "The gunsmith carefully rifled the barrel of the new hunting rifle. " weapon technical military machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cause (a projectile, as a rifle bullet) to travel in a flat ballistic trajectory. Examples : "The high-powered rifle rifled the bullet, sending it straight and true towards the target. " military weapon technology physics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To move in a flat ballistic trajectory (as a rifle bullet). Examples : "The bullet rifled through the air, hitting the target dead center. " military weapon action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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adjective Download 🔗Share Having a spiral on the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy. Examples : "The hunter preferred his rifled barrel because it provided significantly better accuracy when shooting at distant targets. " weapon military technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
