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RIFLING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm

Synonyms:

grooving; rifling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("rifling" is a kind of...):

formation; shaping (the act of fabricating something in a particular shape)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb rifle

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