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Rifle
rifle
(rifles, rifling, rifled) 1. A rifle is a gun with a long barrel. They shot him at point blank range with an automatic rifle... N-COUNT 2. If you rifle through things or rifle them, you make a quick search among them in order to find something or steal something. I discovered my husband rifling through the filing cabinet... There were lockers by each seat and I quickly rifled the contents. VERB: V through n, V n
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I. verb (~d; rifling) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~r to scrape off, plunder, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German riffilon to saw, obsolete Dutch rijffelen to scrape Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to ransack especially with the intent to steal 2. to steal and carry away intransitive verb to engage in ransacking and stealing • ~r noun II. transitive verb (~d; rifling) Etymology: perhaps from French ~r to scratch, file, from Middle French, to scrape, plunder Date: 1635 to cut spiral grooves into the bore of ~d arms ~d pipe III. noun Date: 1770 1. a. a shoulder weapon with a ~d bore b. a ~d artillery piece 2. plural soldiers armed with ~s IV. transitive verb (~d; rifling) Etymology: 3~ Date: 1937 to propel (as a ball) with great force or speed ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a gun with a long rifled barrel, esp. one fired from shoulder-level. 2 (in pl.) riflemen. --v.tr. make spiral grooves in (a gun or its barrel or bore) to make a bullet spin. Phrases and idioms rifle bird any dark green Australian bird of paradise of the genus Ptiloris. rifle-range a place for rifle-practice. rifle-shot 1 the distance coverable by a shot from a rifle. 2 a shot fired with a rifle. Etymology: OF rifler graze, scratch f. Gmc 2. v.tr. & (foll. by through) intr. 1 search and rob, esp. of all that can be found. 2 carry off as booty. Etymology: ME f. OF rifler graze, scratch, plunder f. ODu. riffelen ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. нарез (в канале ствола винтовки и т. п.) 2. винтовка; нарезное оружие full-bore rifle —- крупнокалиберная винтовка rifle calibre —- винтовочный калибр 3. воен. стрелковая часть; стрелки (название некоторых частей) the King's Royal R. Corps —- полк королевских стрелков rifle battalion —- пехотный (стрелковый) батальон rifle file —- стрелок rifle salute —- отдание чести оружием rifle strength —- количество штыков; численность пехотных подразделений rifle unit —- стрелковая часть, пехотная часть 4. стрелять из винтовки 5. воен. нарезать канал ствола (винтовки и т. п.) 6. обыскивать (с целью грабежа) the safe was rifled —- сейф был взломан и ограблен he rifled the drawer of its contents —- он выгреб все из ящика he rifled every drawer —- он обшарил все ящики 7. обдирать (кору и т. п.) 8. послать (мяч); сильно ударить (по мячу) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I 1. noun 1) винтовка, нарезное оружие 2) pl.; mil. стрелковая часть; стрелки 3) attr. ружейный; стрелковый; винтовочный; rifle company - стрелковая рота; rifle battalion - пехотный батальон 2. v. 1) стрелять из винтовки 2) нарезать (ствол оружия) II v. 1) обыскивать с целью грабежа; Someones been rifling through my drawers, theres some money missing. 2) обдирать (кору и т.п.) ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 n a gun with a long barrel (=tube-shaped part) which you hold up to your shoulder ~2 v 1 also rifle through to search quickly through a cupboard, drawer etc (He rifled through his pockets for a coin.) 2 to steal things from a place (The warehouse's entire stock was rifled.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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