Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rook rifle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables: rook ri-fle
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An English single-shot dropping block or break-action small-calibre rifle for shooting rooks and rabbits.

Example Sentences

"In St. James's Street there used to be several shops which would sell you any form of lethalness, from a rook-rifle to an elephant-gun, with the greatest urbanity."

Inflected Forms

rook rifles (plural)

Synonyms

rook and rabbit rifle

Questions

What does rook rifle mean?: An English single-shot dropping block or break-action small-calibre rifle for shooting rooks and rabbits.

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