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adj
Having a spiral on the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: smoothbore, unrifled
verb
simple past and past participle of rifle
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
of a firearm; having rifling or internal spiral grooves inside the barrel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unrifled
History
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Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
