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rifling
  1. The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.
  2. The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon. Shunt rifling, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the groove is made deeper than the other, to facilitate loading with shot having projections which enter by the deeper part of the grooves.
  3. (card game) The act or process of letting playing cards cascade down one at a time towards the table (or one's hand), controlling the speed and flow with one's thumb, which sits on the top edges of the cards.
  4. Synonyms:
rifleman
  1. A soldier trained to use a rifle as their primary weapon.
  2. A person especially skilled in the use of a rifle.
  3. A small wrenlike insectivorous passerine bird endemic to New Zealand, Acanthisitta chloris, the titipounamu.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Jerry Miculek is a fine rifleman, a wizard with a shotgun and adept with any type of handgun.”
      “An army rifleman based in Warminster has been banned from driving for three months after crashing his car into a lamppost.”
      “Very friendly and good natured, Stronskiy is the type of man any serious rifleman would love to talk with.”
rifle
riflery
  1. The practice of firing a rifle, especially in precision target shooting.
  2. Examples:
    1. “He gave the madonna to Nathella, a riflery simulator to Clancy, pressed flowers to Fiona, and an abstract pattern to Aed.”
      “Then the silence was suddenly broken by a crash of riflery, and the front of the houses was smeared by drifting smoke!”
      “Nares, who shivered a little, said nothing, and a minute or two later a crackle of riflery broke out in the bush.”
riflescope
  1. A telescopic sight for a rifle.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The 4x-12x-42mm Eliminator LaserScope combines an 800-yard rangefinder with a riflescope capable of determining the trajectory for virtually any cartridge.”
      “Leupold's Gold Ring Spotting Scope line has been redesigned to include enhanced ruggedness and a reticle matched to the g company's riflescope offerings.”
      “Receive a free fleece pullover when you buy a Bushnell binocular, riflescope, spotting scope or laser rangefinder with RainGuard HD or original RainGuard.”
riflewoman
  1. The female equivalent of a rifleman.
riflebutt
  1. Alternative form of rifle butt
rifler
rifledom
  1. The world or sphere of rifles.
riflewomen
  1. plural of riflewoman
riflescopes
  1. plural of riflescope
riflebutts
  1. plural of riflebutt
  2. Examples:
    1. “They struck the doors with their riflebutts, and crept past the window with their pocket torches.”
      “The surviving defenders were easily finished off with a few riflebutts and bayonets, and Georg's men found themselves in sole possession of the airfield.”
riflemen
  1. plural of rifleman
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Gunners and riflemen must identify sectors of fire and ensure all avenues of approach are covered.”
      “I doubt if we can ever train some soldiers who do specialist jobs to be riflemen.”
      “During World War I, the USMC trained Marines to be expert riflemen first and foremost.”
riflings
riflers
rifles
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