rifle

[ˈraɪfl]

Definition:
1. A gun with a long barrel which you hold to your shoulder to fire.
2. A shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore.
3. Steal goods; take as spoils.
4. Go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way.

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Use 'rifle' in a sentence:

1. A soldier lowers his rifle.
2. He was aiming the rifle at Wade.
3. Sauers was looking for the new 101 rifle.
4. When I'd missed a few times, he suggested I rest the rifle on a rock to steady it.
5. Featuring a spring piston firing mechanism, the sniper rifle is almost silent when fired.
6. Scarcely had they left before soldiers arrived armed with rifles.
7. He gave a grunt and loosed his grip on the rifle.
8. I'll never tell my son to pick up a rifle.
9. Tom was leading, a rifle slung over his back.
10. He became a sniper because the sniper rifle was the only thing he got when weapons were distributed.
11. He was armed with a rifle.
12. Google's mapping products have revealed everything from a creepy dude walking around with a sniper rifle to suspected U.S. drones in Pakistan.
13. She'd been so terrified that she had armed herself with a loaded rifle.
14. They were dressed in camouflage and carried automatic rifles.
15. On the farm, my father often got drunk and came home not only with his fists, but with the rifle, and threatened us with it.
16. There were lockers by each seat and I quickly rifled the contents.
17. His wallet had been rifled.
18. When he appeared again, he was aiming the rifle at Wade.
19. The mountain rifle, 1938.
20. I know that you led a rifle platoon during the Second World War.
21. They possess a formidable arsenal of rifles, machine guns, landmines and teargas.
22. Mickey felt the muzzle of a rifle press hard against his neck.
23. Troops used tear gas and rifle butts to break up the protests.
24. There was a rattle of rifle fire.
25. Two soldiers with rifles searched him from head to foot.
26. His mouth was all puffed up where he had taken a rifle butt.
27. Jack's rifle misfired.
28. He went hunting with a rifle.
29. She says the patrolmen rounded them up at the village school and beat them with rifle butts.
30. He fixed a bayonet to the end of his rifle.
31. The butt of a rifle had been used to bash in his skull.
32. While searching the house they discovered an unlicensed shotgun and a licensed rifle.
33. Don't fiddle with the rifle bolt.
34. With my rifle, I will fight for my country.
35. The desk had been rifled for money, some banknotes taken but cheque-book and credit cards left untouched.
36. Some call it the Smart Shooter, a new rifle for American infantry troops that is two weapons in one, is accurate up to 1,000 yards and in effect fires around corners.
37. The men rifled through his clothing and snatched the wallet.
38. Rifle-thieves scoured all India to reinforce the efforts of the honest smuggler.
39. I discovered my husband rifling through the filing cabinet.
40. Neighbours heard the sound of rifle fire and alerted the police.
41. It reminds me of my days on the rifle range preparing for duty in Vietnam.
42. They shot him at point blank range with an automatic rifle.
43. They would rip off your shirt to see if you had a bruise from a recoiling rifle.
44. She rifled through her clothes for something suitable to wear.
45. You'd swear he was a cardboard cut-out except that he'd moved his rifle.
46. Marines with rifles guarded them.
47. He took a pot at the neighbour's cat with his air rifle.
48. While serving a compulsory stint in the military, Nurmi entered a 20-k march carrying a rifle, a cartridge belt, and a knapsack.
49. He aimed his rifle, fired a single shot, then ejected the spent cartridge.
50. He picked each lock deftly, and rifled the papers within each drawer.
51. Italian artist Bolla has transformed them into something a bit more sinister—macabre tokens of death that include an AK-47 assault rifle and human remains.
52. The rifle was extremely accurate.