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How to pronounce “rifle”

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Pronunciation guide for rifle

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of rifle with real speech in context.
Available examples
8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
How to Have a Better Sense of Humor (W/ Dan Harris and Guests)killer will rifle through my pockets and
Definition summary
(weaponry) A firearm fired from the shoulder; improved range and accuracy is provided by a long, rifled barrel.

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How to pronounce rifle

How to Have a Better Sense of Humor (W/ Dan Harris and Guests)

killer will rifle through my pockets and

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “rifle”

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (weaponry) A firearm fired from the shoulder; improved range and accuracy is provided by a long, rifled barrel.
  • (military, usually in the plural, dated) A rifleman.
  • (weaponry) An artillery piece with a rifled barrel.
  • A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.
  • [Verb]
  • (intransitive) To quickly search through many items (such as papers, the contents of a drawer, a pile of clothing). (See also riffle[1])
  • (intransitive) To commit robbery or theft.
  • (transitive) To search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder.
  • (transitive) To strip of goods; to rob; to pillage.
  • (transitive) To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.
  • (transitive) To add a spiral groove to a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight in order to improve range and accuracy.
  • (transitive) To cause (a projectile, as a rifle bullet) to travel in a flat ballistic trajectory.
  • (intransitive) To move in a flat ballistic trajectory (as a rifle bullet).
  • (transitive, obsolete) To dispose of in a raffle.
  • (intransitive, obsolete) To engage in a raffle.

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