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/ˈrifle/

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rifle

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Word origin

From English 'rifle', a name that comes from the rifling, the spiral grooves cut inside the barrel, ultimately from Old French rifler ('to scratch, to graze').

Origin
English
Root
rifle
English cognates
rifle

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralrifles

Examples

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At the fair there is a stall to shoot at the target with a rifle.

dardos .

The toy rifle shoots rubber darts.

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The museum has an old rifle from the last century.

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They kept the rifle in a locked box.

caseta .

She won a prize at the rifle shooting booth.

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This word is taught in chapter 26, lesson 7: rifle, factura, alianza and 7 more words.