Definition of rifling

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Rifling (n.) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.

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Desipient :: Desipient (a.) Foolish; silly; trifling.
Nugify :: Nugify (v. t.) To render trifling or futile; to make silly.
Pompon :: Pompon (n.) Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet.
Quiddle :: Quiddle (v. i.) To spend time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in an indifferent or superficial manner; to dawdle..
Quibble :: Quibble (n.) A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.
Panic :: Panic (a.) A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause or a misapprehension of danger; as, the troops were seized with a panic; they fled in a panic..
Scrapepenny :: Scrapepenny (n.) One who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; a miser.
Nugacity :: Nugacity (n.) Futility; trifling talk or behavior; drollery.
Quiddity :: Quiddity (n.) A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.
Scare :: Scare (n.) Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake..
Chitchat :: Chitchat (n.) Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.
Burlesque :: Burlesque (a.) Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical..
Fettle :: Fettle (v. i.) To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.
Nugation :: Nugation (n.) The act or practice of trifling.
Airy :: Airy (a.) Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary.
Coquette :: Coquette (n.) A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract admiration from a desire to gratify vanity; a flirt; -- formerly sometimes applied also to men..
Prattle :: Prattle (n.) Trifling or childish tattle; empty talk; loquacity on trivial subjects; prate; babble.
Frivolous :: Frivolous (a.) Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly; interested especially in trifling matters.
Dalliance :: Dalliance (n.) The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play..
Bauble :: Bauble (n.) A trifling piece of finery; a gewgaw; that which is gay and showy without real value; a cheap, showy plaything..
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