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Complete Definition of "rifle"

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English
Image:FR8-01.jpg|thumb|right|200px|a rifle (Mauser K98)

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-rifle.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
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  1. A firearm with a rifled barrel to improve accuracy.

Translations
trans-top|firearm with a rifled barrel
Albanian: pushkë f
Arabic: ARchar|بندقية IPAchar|(bunduqíya) f
Breton: fuzuilh f, karabinenn f
Catalan: fusell m
Chinese: 步枪 (bùqiÄng)
Croatian: puška f
Czech: puška#Czech|puška f
Dutch: geweer n, karabijn f
Finnish: kivääri
French: fusil m
German: Gewehr n
Greek: τουφέκι (toufeki) n
Hebrew: רובה (rovee) m
Hungarian: puska
Icelandic: riffill m
Italian: fucile m
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Japanese: å°éŠƒ (ã—ょã†ã˜ã‚…ã†, shÅjÅ«)
Korean: ì†Œì´ (sochong)
Kurdish:
:Sorani: t|ku|تÙه‌نگ|trtfang|scKUchar
Maori: raiwhara
Persian: FAchar|تÙÙ†Ú¯ (tofang)
Polish: karabin m
Portuguese: fuzil m, espingarda f
Romanian: puşcă f
Russian: винтовка (vintóvka) f, ружьё (ružjó) n
Serbian: puška f
Slovak: puška f, karabína f
Spanish: fusil m
Swedish: gevär n
Turkish: tüfek
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Derived terms
automatic rifle

Verb
en-verb|rifl|es

  1. To scan many items (especially papers) in a set, quickly.

#: She made a mess when she rifled through the stack of papers, looking for the title document.

  1. To add a spiral to the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy.

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