English-Thai Dictionary

rifle

N ปืน เล็ก ยาว  ปืนยาว  ปืน ไรเฟิล  shotgun puan-lak-yao

 

rifle

VI ปล้น  ปล้นสะดม  ขโมย  rob steal plon

 

rifle

VT ค้น  รื้อ ค้น  kon

 

rifle

VT ทำ เป็นเกลียว ร่อง ใน ลำ กล้อง ปืน  groove tam-hai-kaio-rong-nai-lam-klong

 

rifle

VT ปล้น  ปล้นสะดม  ขโมย  rob steal plon

 

rifle through

PHRV พลิก อย่างเร็ว  go into pik-yang-reo

 

rifleman

N ผู้ใช้ ปืนยาว หรือ ผู้เชี่ยวชาญ การ ใช้ ปืนยาว  phu-chai-puan-rue-phu-chiao-chan-kan-chai-puan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RIFLE

v.t.[This is one of the family of rip, rive, reap, raffle, L. rapio. Eng. rub, etc. ] 1. To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away.
Till time shall rifle ev'ry youthful grace.
2. To strip; to rob; to pillage; to plunder.
You have rifled my master.

 

RIFLE

n.[This word belongs to the family of rip, rive, L. rapio, etc. supra. The word means primarily a channel or groove. ] A gun about the usual length and size of a musket, the inside of whose barrel is rifled, that is, grooved, or formed with spiral channels.

 

RIFLE

v.t.To groove; to channel.

 

RIFLED

pp. Seized and carried away by violence; pillaged; channeled.

 

RIFLEMAN

n.A man armed with a rifle.

 

RIFLER

n.A robber; one that seizes and bears away by violence.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RIFLE

Ri "fle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rifled; p. pr. & vb. n. Rifling. ] Etym: [F. rifler to rifle, sweep away; of uncertain origin. CF. Raff. ]

 

1. To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off. Till time shall rifle every youthful grace. Pope.

 

2. To strip; to rob; to pillage. Piers Plowman. Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about ye: If not, we'll make you sit and rifle you. Shak.

 

3. To raffle. [Obs. ] J. Webster.

 

RIFLE

RIFLE Ri "fle, v. i.

 

1. To raffle. [Obs. ] Chapman.

 

2. To commit robbery. [R.] Bp. Hall.

 

RIFLE

Ri "fle, n. Etym: [Akin to Dan. rifle, or riffel, the rifle of a gun, a chamfer (cf. riffel, riffelbösse, a rifle gun, rifle to rifle a gun, G. riefeln, riefen, to chamfer, groove ), and E. rive. See Rive, and cf. Riffle, Rivel. ]

 

1. A gun, the inside of whose barrel is grooved with spiral channels, thus giving the ball a rotary motion and insuring greater accuracy of fire. As a military firearm it has superseded the musket.

 

2. pl. (Mil. )

 

Defn: A body of soldiers armed with rifles.

 

3. A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes. Rifle pit (Mil. ), a trench for sheltering sharpshooters.

 

RIFLE

RIFLE Ri "fle, v. t.

 

1. To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon.

 

2. To whet with a rifle. See Rifle, n., 3.

 

RIFLEBIRD

RIFLEBIRD Ri "fle *bird `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any one of several species of beautiful birds of Australia and New Guinea, of the genera Ptiloris and Craspidophora, allied to the paradise birds.

 

Note: The largest and best known species is Ptiloris paradisea of Australia. Its general color is rich velvety brown, glossed with lilac; the under parts are varied with rich olive green, and the head, throat, and two middle tail feathers are brilliant metallic green.

 

RIFLEMAN

Ri "fle *man, n.; pl. Rifleman (. (Mil. )

 

Defn: A soldier armed with a rifle.

 

RIFLER

RIFLER Ri "fler, n.

 

Defn: One who rifles; a robber.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

rifle

ri fle 1 |ˈrīfəl ˈraɪfəl | ▶noun a gun, esp. 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. • (rifles ) troops armed with rifles. ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] (usu. as adj. rifled ) 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: a line of replacement rifled barrels. 2 [ with obj. ] hit, throw, or kick (a ball or puck ) hard and straight: he rifled a hard, rising shot from just inside the blue line. [1940s: from rifle ‘gun, ’ suggestive of explosive speed; compare with the verb shoot . ] ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French rifler ‘graze, scratch, ’ of Germanic origin. The earliest noun usage was in rifle gun, which had “rifles ” or spiral grooves cut into the inside of the barrel.

 

rifle

ri fle 2 |ˈraɪfəl ˈrīfəl | ▶verb [ no obj. ] search through something in a hurried way in order to find or steal something: she rifled through the cassette tapes | [ with obj. ] : they rifled the house for money. • [ with obj. ] steal: the lieutenant's servant rifled the dead man's possessions. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French rifler ‘graze, plunder, ’ of Germanic origin.

 

rifle bird

ri fle bird ▶noun a bird of paradise, the male of which has mainly velvety-black plumage and a display call that sounds like a whistling bullet. [Genus Ptiloris, family Paradisaeidae: three species. ]

 

rifleman

ri fle man |ˈrīfəlmən ˈraɪfəlmən | ▶noun ( pl. riflemen ) 1 a soldier armed with a rifle, esp. a private in a rifle regiment. • a person skilled at using a rifle. 2 a very small, short-tailed, greenish-yellow songbird that feeds on insects on tree bark, native to New Zealand. [perhaps so named from a comparison between its plumage and an early military uniform. ] [Acanthisitta chloris, family Xenicidae. ]

 

rifle microphone

ri fle mi cro phone ▶noun a type of gun microphone with several parallel tubes of different lengths in front of the diaphragm to enhance its directional focus.

 

rifle range

ri fle range |ˈraɪfəl ˌreɪnʤ | ▶noun a place for practicing shooting with rifles. • an attraction at a fairground in which people fire rifles at targets in order to win prizes.

 

riflescope

ri fle scope |ˈrīfəlˌskōp ˈraɪflskoʊp | ▶noun informal a telescopic sight on a rifle.

 

rifle shot

rifle shot ▶noun a shot fired from a rifle. • [ mass noun ] the range of a rifle: the schooner had escaped out of rifle shot.

 

Oxford Dictionary

rifle

rifle 1 |ˈrʌɪf (ə )l | ▶noun 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: a hunting rifle. • (rifles ) troops armed with rifles: [ in names ] : the Burma Rifles. ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] (usu. as adj. rifled ) 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: a line of replacement rifled barrels. 2 [ with obj. and adverbial of direction ] hit or kick (a ball ) hard and straight: Ferguson rifled home his fourth goal of the season. [1940s: from rifle ‘gun ’, suggestive of explosive speed; compare with the verb shoot . ] ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French rifler ‘graze, scratch ’, of Germanic origin. The earliest noun usage was in rifle gun, which had ‘rifles ’ or spiral grooves cut into the inside of the barrel.

 

rifle

rifle 2 |ˈrʌɪf (ə )l | ▶verb [ no obj. ] search through something in a hurried way in order to find or steal something: she rifled through the cassette tapes | [ with obj. ] : she rifled the house for money. • [ with obj. ] steal: he rifled the dead man's possessions. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French rifler ‘graze, plunder ’, of Germanic origin.

 

rifle bird

rifle bird ▶noun a bird of paradise, the male of which has mainly velvety-black plumage and a display call that sounds like a whistling bullet. ●Genus Ptiloris, family Paradisaeidae: three species.

 

rifleman

rifle |man |ˈrʌɪf (ə )lmən | ▶noun ( pl. riflemen ) 1 a soldier armed with a rifle, especially a private in a rifle regiment. • a person skilled at using a rifle. 2 a very small, short-tailed, greenish-yellow songbird which feeds on insects on tree bark, native to New Zealand. [perhaps so named from a comparison between its plumage and an early military uniform. ] ●Acanthisitta chloris, family Xenicidae.

 

rifle microphone

rifle micro |phone ▶noun a type of gun microphone with several parallel tubes of different lengths in front of the diaphragm to enhance its directional focus.

 

rifle range

rifle range ▶noun a place for practising shooting with rifles. • an attraction at a fairground in which people fire rifles at targets in order to win prizes.

 

riflescope

rifle |scope ▶noun informal a telescopic sight on a rifle.

 

rifle shot

rifle shot ▶noun a shot fired from a rifle. • [ mass noun ] the range of a rifle: the schooner had escaped out of rifle shot.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

rifle

rifle verb 1 she rifled through her closet: rummage, search, hunt, forage. 2 a thief rifled her home: burgle, burglarize, rob, steal from, loot, raid, plunder, ransack. ▶noun he refused to register the rifle: firearm, gun, shotgun, 30 -30; trademark Winchester.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

rifle

rifle verb 1 she rifled through the contents of her wardrobe: rummage, search, hunt, forage, sift, rake; ransack, comb, turn upside down, scour. 2 the man kept her talking while an accomplice rifled her home: burgle, rob, steal from, loot, raid, plunder, sack, ransack, pillage.

 

Spanish Dictionary

rifle

rifle nombre masculino Arma de fuego de cañón largo y con estrías en hélice en su interior :el rifle es de origen estadounidense y tiene una gran precisión; el rifle se utiliza especialmente para la caza mayor .

 

riflero, -ra

riflero, -ra nombre masculino 1 Amér Soldado que antiguamente iba provisto de rifle .2 nombre masculino y femenino Arg, Chile Persona que hace negocios ocasionales y generalmente deshonestos o ilícitos .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

rifle

ri fle 1 /ráɪf (ə )l /〖語源は 「溝を刻む 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 ライフル銃 , 施条 （しじよう ）銃 〘弾丸に旋回性を与えるため銃身の内側にらせんの溝を刻んだ小銃 〙; 小銃 ▸ a hunting rifle 猟銃 2 施条砲 .3 〖～s 〗小銃隊 .4 (銃身に刻んだらせん状の )条溝 .動詞 他動詞 1 〈銃身 砲身 〉にらせんの溝を刻む , 施条を付ける .2 〈ボールなど 〉を思い切り打つ [ける ].～́ p ì t 射撃壕 （ごう ）.～́ r à nge ライフル銃の射撃場 ; 小銃射程 .

 

rifle

ri fle 2 動詞 自動詞 (物を見つけるためや盗むために )【場所などを 】くまなく探す «through » .他動詞 1 〈場所など 〉をくまなく探す .2 …を盗む .

 

rifleman

r í fle man /-mən /名詞 複 -men C ライフル銃兵 ; (ライフルの )名射手 (｟男女共用 ｠sharpshooter ).