rifling Synonyms
Another word for rifling
• verb (Context 1)
To search hurriedly and often roughly through a container, collection, or place in order to find or steal something (present participle of rifle).
"She spent ten minutes rummaging through her desk drawers looking for the misplaced keys."
• noun (Context 2)
The act of searching hurriedly and thoroughly through something, often in order to steal or plunder.
"The scattered papers and overturned drawers were clear evidence of a hasty ransacking of the office."
• verb (Context 3)
To hit, kick, or throw a ball or puck with great speed and force in a straight line (present participle of rifle).
"The midfielder scored the winning point by blasting the ball into the upper corner of the net."
• verb (Context 4)
To cut spiral grooves into the bore of a firearm barrel (present participle of rifle).
"Modern precision machinery has greatly improved the accuracy of grooving steel barrels."