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All 5 letters words made out of rifle

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Definitions and meaning of rifle

rifle

Etymology

Originally short for “rifled gun”, referring to the spiral grooves inside the barrel. From Middle English riflen (“to rob, plunder, search through”), from Old French rifler (“to lightly scratch, scrape off, plunder”), from Old High German riffilōn (compare German riffeln (“to score, make grooves in, ripple”), archaic Dutch rijfelen (“to scrape”), Old English rifelan, riflian (“to wrinkle”)), frequentative of Proto-Germanic *rīfaną (compare Old Norse rífa (“to tear, break”)). More at rive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪfəl/
• Rhymes: -aɪfəl

Noun

rifle (plural rifles)

1. (weaponry) A firearm fired from the shoulder; improved range and accuracy is provided by a long, rifled barrel.
2. (military, usually in the plural, dated) A rifleman.
3. (weaponry) An artillery piece with a rifled barrel.
4. A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.

Derived terms

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Translations

Verb

rifle (third-person singular simple present rifles, present participle rifling, simple past and past participle rifled)

1. (intransitive) To quickly search through many items (such as papers, the contents of a drawer, a pile of clothing). (See also riffle^[2])

2. (intransitive) To commit robbery or theft.
3. (transitive) To search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder.
4. (transitive) To strip of goods; to rob; to pillage.
5. (transitive) To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.
6. (transitive) To add a spiral groove to a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight in order to improve range and accuracy.
7. (transitive) To cause (a projectile, as a rifle bullet) to travel in a flat ballistic trajectory.
   • 2011 Fighting for Gold: The Story of Canada's Sledge Hockey Paralympic Gold by Lorna Schultz Schultz Nicholson

     But a Norwegian player rifled off a point shot that sailed into the back of the net.

8. (intransitive) To move in a flat ballistic trajectory (as a rifle bullet).
9. (transitive, obsolete) To dispose of in a raffle.
10. (intransitive, obsolete) To engage in a raffle.

Translations

References

• “rifle”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “rifle”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Filer, Friel, filer, flier, lifer

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English rifle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈri.flə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈri.fle]

Noun

rifle m (plural rifles)

1. rifle

Further reading

• “rifle” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “rifle”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “rifle” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “rifle” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English rifle. First attested in 1833..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁifl/, /ʁajfl/

Noun

rifle m (plural rifles)

1. rifle (carabine)

Related terms

• .22 Long Rifle
• rifle à air

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁifl/

Verb

rifle

1. inflection of rifler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “rifle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• filer

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Apparently from Middle Low German or Low German riffel, but compare Danish riffel.

Noun

rifle f or m (definite singular rifla or riflen, indefinite plural rifler, definite plural riflene)

1. (firearm) a rifle

Derived terms

• jaktrifle

References

• “rifle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

As above.

Noun

rifle f (definite singular rifla, indefinite plural rifler, definite plural riflene)

1. (firearm) a rifle

Derived terms

• jaktrifle

References

• “rifle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• refle

Etymology

Borrowed from English rifle, from Middle English, from Old French rifler (“to scrape off, plunder”), from Old Low Franconian Old Dutch *rifillon, frequentative of Proto-Germanic *rīfaną.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ri‧fle

Noun

rifle m (plural rifles)

1. rifle

   Synonyms: escopeta, espingarda, fuzil, refle

Further reading

• “rifle” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English rifle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrifle/ [ˈri.fle]
• Rhymes: -ifle
• Syllabification: ri‧fle

Noun

rifle m (plural rifles)

1. rifle

   Synonym: fusil

Further reading

• “rifle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014