Mexican Spanish Meaning of rifle

rifle

Other Mexican Spanish words related to rifle

Definitions and Meaning of rifle in English

Wordnet

rifle (n)

a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore

Wordnet

rifle (v)

steal goods; take as spoils

go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way

Webster

rifle (v. t.)

To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.

To strip; to rob; to pillage.

To raffle.

To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon.

To whet with a rifle. See Rifle, n., 3.

Webster

rifle (v. i.)

To raffle.

To commit robbery.

Webster

rifle (n.)

A gun, the inside of whose barrel is grooved with spiral channels, thus giving the ball a rotary motion and insuring greater accuracy of fire. As a military firearm it has superseded the musket.

A body of soldiers armed with rifles.

A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.

FAQs About the word rifle

rifle

a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore, steal goods; take as spoils, go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in

Arcabuz,Blunderbuss,Arma de retrocarga ,carabina,Culberina,Arma de campaña,Fusil de chispa,fusil de chispa,arcabuz,Mosquete

esconder,perder,abandonar

riffraff => chusma, riffler => ratero, riffle => Ráfaga, riffian => Rifo, riff => riff,