rifle in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
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rifle in English
- rifle⇄expr. rifles, a body of soldiers armed with rifles; riflemen.
Ex. The rifles, about 500 in all, lay behind the hill waiting for the order to fire. - rifle⇄noun 1. a gun with spiral grooves in its long barrel which spin or twist the bullet as it is shot. A rifle is usually fired from the shoulder.
2. one of the spiral grooves in the bore of a rifle.
3. a wooden block covered with emery to shar - rifle⇄rifle (1), noun, verb, -fled,-fling.
- rifle⇄rifle (2), verb, -fled,-fling.
- rifle⇄v.i. to engage in ransacking and robbing.
Ex. The pirates rifled about the ship. - rifle⇄v.t. 1. to cut spiral grooves in (a gun barrel).
2. to shoot or drive (a ball) with great force or speed.
Ex. [He] rifled the 235-yard ... shot that carried the pond guarding the green (New Yorker).
3. to shoot with a rifle. - rifle⇄v.t. 1. to search and rob; ransack and rob.
Ex. The thieves rifled all the drawers in the house.
(SYN) pillage, plunder.
2. to take away; steal.
Ex. The raccoons rifled all the food in the camp.
3. to strip bare.
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