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rifling

/ˈɹaɪflɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables
ri-fling
IPA
/ˈɹaɪflɪŋ/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.

noun

The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon. Shunt rifling, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the groove is made deeper than the other, to facilitate loading with shot having projections which enter by the deeper part of the grooves.

noun

The act or process of letting playing cards cascade down one at a time towards the table (or one's hand), controlling the speed and flow with one's thumb, which sits on the top edges of the cards.

verb

present participle and gerund of rifle

Inflected Forms

riflings (plural)

Synonyms

grooving

Rhymes With

stifling trifling

Questions

How do you pronounce rifling?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹaɪflɪŋ/.
What does rifling mean?
The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.

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