verb🔗ShareFouiller, pillerTo 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)"She made a mess when she rifled through the stack of papers, looking for the title document."Elle a fait un désordre en fouillant dans la pile de papiers, à la recherche du titre de propriété.actionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePiller, volerTo commit robbery or theft."Someone was rifling through the student's lockers after school, looking for valuables to steal. "Quelqu'un pillait les casiers des étudiants après l'école, cherchant des objets de valeur à voler.propertyactionpoliceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFouiller, pillerTo search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder."The burglar was rifling through the drawers, looking for jewelry and cash. "Le cambrioleur fouillait les tiroirs, à la recherche de bijoux et d'argent liquide.propertyactionpoliceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePiller, volerTo strip of goods; to rob; to pillage."After the earthquake, looters began rifling the abandoned stores for food and valuables. "Après le tremblement de terre, des pillards ont commencé à piller les magasins abandonnés pour trouver de la nourriture et des objets de valeur.propertypoliceactionlawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSaisir, voler, déroberTo seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off."The bully was rifling the smaller child's backpack, grabbing his lunch money. "Le tyran fouillait dans le sac à dos du plus petit enfant, lui volant son argent de poche.propertyactionpolicemilitarywarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRayer le canon d'une arme à feuTo add a spiral groove to a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight in order to improve range and accuracy."The gunsmith was carefully riffling the barrel of the new rifle. "L'armurier rayait soigneusement le canon du nouveau fusil.weaponmilitarytechnologymachinesciencewarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRayerTo cause (a projectile, as a rifle bullet) to travel in a flat ballistic trajectory."The engineer designed the barrel's rifling to ensure the projectile traveled accurately with a flat trajectory. "L'ingénieur a conçu le rayage du canon pour garantir que le projectile voyage avec précision avec une trajectoire plate.weapontechnologymilitaryphysicsscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTirer, filerTo move in a flat ballistic trajectory (as a rifle bullet)."The bullet was rifling through the air toward the target after being fired from the sniper's rifle. "La balle filait dans les airs vers la cible après avoir été tirée du fusil du sniper.militaryweapontechnicalphysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareMettre en loterieTo dispose of in a raffle."The teacher riffled the tickets for the class bake sale raffle. "Le professeur a mis les billets en loterie pour la tombola de la vente de pâtisseries de la classe.entertainmentbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareParticiper à une tombolaTo engage in a raffle."The school is rifling a new bicycle to raise money for the field trip. "L'école organise une tombola pour un nouveau vélo afin de collecter des fonds pour le voyage scolaire.entertainmentgameChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLe rayageThe act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel."The factory specialized in the rifling of new gun barrels, ensuring accuracy for each weapon produced. "L'usine était spécialisée dans le rayage des nouveaux canons, garantissant la précision de chaque arme produite.militaryweapontechnicalmachineprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareRayures d'un canon rayéThe system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon. Shunt rifling, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the groove is made deeper than the other, to facilitate loading with shot having projections which enter by the deeper part of the grooves."The engineer inspected the cannon barrel, noting the precise depth and angle of the rifling to ensure the projectile would spin correctly. "L'ingénieur a inspecté le canon, notant la profondeur et l'angle précis des rayures pour s'assurer que le projectile tournerait correctement.weaponmilitarytechnologymachinepartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLe battage des cartesThe act or process of letting playing cards cascade down one at a time towards the table (or one's hand), controlling the speed and flow with one's thumb, which sits on the top edges of the cards."The magician's flourish ended with a perfect rifling, the cards flowing smoothly like a waterfall. "La fioriture du magicien s'est terminée par un parfait battage des cartes, celles-ci s'écoulant en douceur comme une cascade.entertainmentgameactionsportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
