Riffle vs. Rifle

Rifflenoun

A fast-flowing, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.

Rifflenoun

A succession of small waves.

Rifflenoun

A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed. Also one of the cleats, grooves or steps in such trough.

Rifflenoun

A quick skim through the pages of a book.

Rifflenoun

The act of shuffling cards; the sound made while shuffling cards.

Rifflenoun

In seal engraving, a small metal disc at the end of a tool.

Riffleverb

(intransitive) To flow over a fast moving shallow part of a stream.

Riffleverb

(transitive) To ruffle with a rippling action.

Riffleverb

(intransitive) To skim or flick through the pages of a book.

Riffleverb

(transitive) To leaf through rapidly.

Riffleverb

(transitive) To shuffle playing cards by separating the deck in two and sliding the thumbs along the edges of the cards to mix the two parts.

Riffleverb

(transitive) To idly manipulate objects with the fingers.

Riffleverb

(transitive) To prepare samples of material using a riffler.

Rifflenoun

A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed; also, one of the cleats, grooves, or steps in such a trough. Also called ripple.

Rifflenoun

A ripple in a stream or current of water; also, a place where the water ripples, as on a shallow rapid.

Rifflenoun

a small wave on the surface of a liquid

Rifflenoun

shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners

Riffleverb

twitch or flutter;

Riffleverb

look through a book or other written material;

Riffleverb

stir up (water) so as to form ripples

Riffleverb

shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix

Riffleverb

turn over something, especially the pages of a book, quickly and casually

Riffleverb

search quickly through (something)

Riffleverb

disturb the surface of; ruffle

Riffleverb

shuffle (playing cards) by flicking up and releasing the corners or sides of two piles of cards so that they intermingle and may be slid together to form a single pile

Rifflenoun

an act or sound of riffling through something

Rifflenoun

a shuffle performed by riffling playing cards.

Rifflenoun

a rocky or shallow part of a stream or river where the water flows brokenly

Rifflenoun

a patch of waves or ripples.

Riffle

A riffle is a shallow landform in a flowing channel, and it has specific topographic, sedimentary, and hydraulic indicators. These are almost always assessed at a very low discharge compared to the flow that fills the channel (approximately 10–20%), and as a result the water moving over a riffle appears shallow and fast, with a wavy, disturbed water surface.

Riflenoun

A long firearm firing a single projectile, usually with a rifled barrel to improve accuracy.

Riflenoun

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

Rifleverb

To search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder.

Rifleverb

To scan many items (especially papers) in a set, quickly. (See also riffle[http://verbmall.blogspot.com/2008/05/riffle-or-rifle.html])

Rifleverb

To add a spiral to the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy.

Rifleverb

To strike something with great power.

Rifleverb

(intransitive) To commit robbery.

Rifleverb

(transitive) To strip of goods; to rob; to pillage.

Rifleverb

To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.

Rifleverb

To raffle.

Rifleverb

To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.

Rifleverb

To strip; to rob; to pillage.

Rifleverb

To raffle.

Rifleverb

To raffle.

Rifleverb

To commit robbery.

Rifleverb

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

Rifleverb

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

Riflenoun

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.

Riflenoun

A body of soldiers armed with rifles.

Riflenoun

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

Riflenoun

a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore;

Rifleverb

steal goods; take as spoils;

Rifleverb

go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way;

Riflenoun

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

Riflenoun

troops armed with rifles

Rifleverb

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

Rifleverb

hit or kick (a ball) hard and straight

Rifleverb

search through something in a hurried way in order to find or steal something

Rifleverb

steal

Rifle

A rifle is a long-barrelled firearm designed for accurate shooting, with a barrel that has a helical pattern of grooves (rifling) cut into the bore wall. In keeping with their focus on accuracy, rifles are typically designed to be held with both hands and braced firmly against the shooter's shoulder via a buttstock for stability during shooting.