Definitions for rifle

Definitions for (noun) rifle

Main entry: rifle

Definition: a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore

Usage: he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired


Definitions for (verb) rifle

Main entry: rifle, go

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

Usage: Who rifled through my desk drawers?


Main entry: rifle, ransack, reave, plunder, pillage, despoil, foray, loot, strip

Definition: steal goods; take as spoils

Usage: During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners


Visual thesaurus for rifle