rifle vs twelve

rifle

noun
  • An artillery piece with a rifled barrel. 

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

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

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. 

twelve

noun
  • A twelve-bore gun. 

  • A jury (normally composed of twelve persons). 

  • The police; law enforcement, especially a narcotics officer. 

  • Front (front side of something, position in front of something). 

  • A group of twelve items. 

num
  • The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII. 

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