rifle

  • 31rifle — ri|fle1 [ raıfl ] noun count * a large gun with a long BARREL that you hold against your shoulder to fire rifle ri|fle 2 [ raıfl ] verb transitive 1. ) rifle or rifle through to search quickly through something such as a container or a group of… …

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  • 32rifle — [[t]ra͟ɪf(ə)l[/t]] rifles, rifling, rifled 1) N COUNT A rifle is a gun with a long barrel. They shot him at point blank range with an automatic rifle... Neighbours heard the sound of rifle fire and alerted the police. 2) VERB If you rifle through …

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  • 33rifle — {{11}}rifle (n.) 1775, portable firearm having a spirally grooved bore, used earlier of the grooves themselves (1751), noun use of rifled (pistol), 1680s, from verb meaning to cut spiral grooves in (a gun barrel), 1630s, probably from Fr. rifler …

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  • 34rifle — ri|fle1 [ˈraıfəl] n ↑barrel, ↑sight, ↑trigger [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: rifle to cut grooves on the inside of something, especially a gun barrel (17 21 centuries), from Old French rifler to cut into a surface, steal ] a long gun which you hold up …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 35rifle — (entrée créée par le supplément) (raye fl ) s. m. Carabine à long canon ; fusil à balle forcée. Le vomito, plus meurtrier encore que les rifles ou le machete [mot espagnol signifiant coutelas, voy. •   ci dessus au Supplément MANCHETTE 2] des… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 36rifle — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ automatic, bolt action, semi automatic, single shot ▪ high powered ▪ .22, etc. ▪ army …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 37rifle — I n carbine, shoulder firearm, shotgun, fowling piece, muzzleloader, repeating rifle, magazine rifle, Ordn. breechloader, petronel; musket, blunderbuss, matchlock, harquebus; gun, shooting iron, flintlock, firelock, fusil. II v 1. ransack, sack,… …

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  • 38rifle — [ˈraɪf(ə)l] noun [C] I a large gun with a long BARREL II verb [T] rifle [ˈraɪf(ə)l]; ˌrifle ˈthrough sth to search quickly through something in order to find something …

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  • 39rifle — {{#}}{{LM R34331}}{{〓}} {{[}}rifle{{]}} ‹ri·fle› {{《}}▍ s.m.{{》}} Carabina de origen americano que tiene estrías en espiral en la parte interior del cañón. {{★}}{{\}}ETIMOLOGÍA:{{/}} Del inglés rifle (fusil con estrías) …

    Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • 40Rifle — Original name in latin Rifle Name in other language RIL State code US Continent/City America/Denver longitude 39.5347 latitude 107.78312 altitude 1637 Population 9172 Date 2011 05 14 …

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