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rifle1 US English

a gun, especially one fired from shoulder level, having a long spirally grooved barrel intended to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long distance

rifle2 US English

search through something in a hurried way in order to find or steal something

rifled in rifle1 US English

make spiral grooves in (a gun or its barrel or bore) to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long distance

air rifle US English

a rifle that fires pellets using compressed air

rifle bird US English

a bird of paradise, the male of which has mainly velvety-black plumage and a display call that sounds like a whistling bullet

rifle range US English

a place for practicing shooting with rifles

rifle shot US English

a shot fired from a rifle

assault rifle US English

a rapid-fire, magazine-fed automatic rifle designed for infantry use

express rifle US English

a rifle that discharges a bullet at high speed and is used in big-game hunting

rifle microphone US English

a type of gun microphone with several parallel tubes of different lengths in front of the diaphragm to enhance its directional focus

National Rifle Association (abbreviation NRA) US English

a national organization founded in 1871 that promotes the legal use of guns and gun safety in the US and defends a US citizen’s constitutional right to own and bear arms

riflescope US English

a telescopic sight on a rifle

saloon rifle in saloon pistol (also saloon rifle) US English

a gun adapted for firing at short range

Winchester rifle in Winchester3 US English

a breech-loading side-action repeating rifle

Lee–Enfield (also Lee–Enfield rifle) US English

a bolt-action rifle of a type formerly used by the British army

Browning US English

a type of water-cooled automatic machine gun

Browning automatic rifle in Browning US English

a gas-operated automatic rifle, typically fired from a bipod

rifle English-French

fusil m

rifle English-German

Gewehr

rifle English-Italian

fucile m

rifle1 English-Spanish

rifle, fusil

air rifle English-German

Luftgewehr

air rifle English-Italian

fucile m ad aria compressa

rifle-range English-Italian

tiro m al bersaglio

rifle through English-French

fouiller dans