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rifling

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2 syllables
7 characters
English (US)
2syllables

rifling

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rifling is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, rifling is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofrifling

1verb
  • To quickly search through many items (such as papers, the contents of a drawer, a pile of clothing). (See also rifflehttp//verbmall.blogspot.com/2008/05/riffle-or-rifle.html)

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

  • To commit robbery or theft.
  • To search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder.
  • To strip of goods; to rob; to pillage.
  • To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.
  • To add a spiral groove to a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight in order to improve range and accuracy.
  • To cause (a projectile, as a rifle bullet) to travel in a flat ballistic trajectory.
  • To move in a flat ballistic trajectory (as a rifle bullet).
  • To dispose of in a raffle.
  • To engage in a raffle.
1noun
  • The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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