rifle vs tidy

rifle

noun
  • A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes. 

  • An artillery piece with a rifled barrel. 

  • A firearm fired from the shoulder; improved range and accuracy is provided by a long, rifled barrel. 

verb
  • To search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder. 

  • To quickly search through many items (such as papers, the contents of a drawer, a pile of clothing). (See also riffle) 

  • To move in a flat ballistic trajectory (as a rifle bullet). 

  • To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off. 

  • To commit robbery or theft. 

  • To strip of goods; to rob; to pillage. 

  • To cause (a projectile, as a rifle bullet) to travel in a flat ballistic trajectory. 

  • To add a spiral groove to a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight in order to improve range and accuracy. 

tidy

noun
  • A cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, etc. 

  • A tabletop container for pens and stationery. 

  • The wren. 

adj
  • Generous, considerable. 

  • Appropriate or suitable as regards occasion, circumstances, arrangement, or order. 

  • Arranged neatly and in order. 

  • Not messy; neat and controlled. 

  • Satisfactory; comfortable. 

verb
  • To make tidy; to neaten. 

intj
  • Expression of agreement or positive acknowledgement, usually in reply to a question; great, fine. 

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