Definition of rifle

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Rifle (n.) A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes..

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Strawberry :: Straw (n.) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing; a mere trifle.
Riflebird :: Riflebird (n.) Any one of several species of beautiful birds of Australia and New Guinea, of the genera Ptiloris and Craspidophora, allied to the paradise birds..
Toyer :: Toyer (n.) One who toys; one who is full of trifling tricks; a trifler.
Practice :: Practice (v. i.) To perform certain acts frequently or customarily, either for instruction, profit, or amusement; as, to practice with the broadsword or with the rifle; to practice on the piano..
Rifle :: Rifle (v. i.) To raffle.
Yager :: Yager (n.) In the German army, one belonging to a body of light infantry armed with rifles, resembling the chasseur of the French army..
Niggle :: Niggle (v. t.) To fret and snarl about trifles.
Trifle :: Trifle (n.) A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair..
Pool :: Pool (n.) In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners..
Blab :: Blab (v.) To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner; to publish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or discretion..
Dangler :: Dangler (n.) One who dangles about or after others, especially after women; a trifler..
Slacken :: Slacken (n.) A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion..
Trifler :: Trifler (n.) One who trifles.
Minie Ball :: Minie ball () A conical rifle bullet, with a cavity in its base plugged with a piece of iron, which, by the explosion of the charge, is driven farther in, expanding the sides to fit closely the grooves of the barrel..
Conversion :: Conversion (n.) A change of character or use, as of smoothbore guns into rifles..
Quiddler :: Quiddler (n.) One who wastes his energy about trifles.
Carbine :: Carbine (n.) A short, light musket or rifle, esp. one used by mounted soldiers or cavalry..
Rifler :: Rifler (n.) One who rifles; a robber.
Stripe :: Strip (n.) The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.
Knickknack :: Knickknack (n.) A trifle or toy; a bawble; a gewgaw.
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