noun
- spiral grooves cut inside a gun barrel to make bullets spin and fly more accurately
verb
- searching through something quickly and carelessly, often looking for something to steal
Examples
- The rifling in the barrel improved the gun’s accuracy significantly.
- Modern firearms rely on precise rifling for better performance.
- Someone had been rifling through her desk drawers.
- The burglar was caught rifling through the jewelry box.
- Stop rifling through my papers without permission.
- She found him rifling through the old photo albums.
- The detective noticed signs that someone had been rifling through the files.