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plunder
English
Etymology
Recorded since 1632 during the Thirty Years War, native British use since the Cromwellian Civil War. Borrowed from German plündern (“to loot”), from Middle High German, from Middle Low German plunderen. Cognate with Dutch plunderen, West Frisian plonderje, Saterland Frisian plunnerje. Probably denominal from a word for “household goods, clothes, bedding”; compare Middle Dutch plunder, German Plunder (“stuff”), Dutch and West Frisian plunje (“clothes”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: pl?n'd?(r), IPA(key): /?pl?nd?(?)/
- Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
Verb
plunder (third-person singular simple present plunders, present participle plundering, simple past and past participle plundered)
- (transitive) To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
- (transitive) To take (goods) by pillage.
- (intransitive) To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.
- (transitive) To make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully.
- (transitive) To take unexpectedly.
- 2014, Paul Doyle, "Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian, 18 October 2014:
- The Serb teed up Steve Davis, who crossed low for Graziano Pellè to plunder his fifth league goal of the campaign.
- 2014, Paul Doyle, "Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian, 18 October 2014:
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
plunder (uncountable)
- An instance of plundering.
- The loot attained by plundering.
- See Thesaurus:booty
- (slang, dated) Baggage; luggage.
- 1880, The Peterson Magazine (volumes 77-78, page 215)
- […] till a long-legged boy brought him out of his revery, by an offer to carry his “plunder,” in whatsoever direction he might desire to direct his steps.
- 1880, The Peterson Magazine (volumes 77-78, page 215)
See also
- manubial
Translations
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch plunder, further etymology unknown.
Alternative forms
- plonder (obsolete)
Noun
plunder c (plural plunders, diminutive plundertje n)
- One's property, (collective) possessions
- Synonyms: have (en goed), huisraad
- Notably furniture and other (mainly small) home inventory
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
plunder
- first-person singular present indicative of plunderen
- imperative of plunderen
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rifle
English
Etymology
Originally short for “rifled gun”, referring to the spiral grooves inside the barrel. From Middle English, from Old French rifler (“to scrape off, plunder”), from Old Dutch *riffil?n (compare archaic Dutch rijfelen (“to scrape”), Old English geriflian (“to wrinkle”)), frequentative of Proto-Germanic *r?fan? (compare Old Norse rífa (“to tear, break”)). More at rive.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a?f?l/
Noun
rifle (plural rifles)
- (weaponry) A shouldered firearm with a long, rifled barrel to improve range and accuracy.
- (military, usually in the plural, dated) A rifleman.
- (weaponry) An artillery piece with a rifled barrel.
- A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
Verb
rifle (third-person singular simple present rifles, present participle rifling, simple past and past participle rifled)
- (intransitive) To quickly search through many items (such as papers, the contents of a drawer, a pile of clothing). (See also riffle[2])
- (intransitive) To commit robbery or theft.
- (transitive) To search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder.
- Template:RQ:Joseph Hall Paraphrases
- thine enemies […] shall ransack and rifle all the things of Edom; and shall search out all thy hidden commodities, and carry them away at once
- Template:RQ:Joseph Hall Paraphrases
- (transitive) To strip of goods; to rob; to pillage.
- (transitive) To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.
- (transitive) To add a spiral groove to a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight in order to improve range and accuracy.
- (transitive) To cause (a projectile, as a rifle bullet) to travel in a flat ballistic trajectory.
- 2011 Fighting for Gold: The Story of Canada's Sledge Hockey Paralympic Gold by Lorna Schultz Schultz Nicholson
- But a Norwegian player rifled off a point shot that sailed into the back of the net.
- 2011 Fighting for Gold: The Story of Canada's Sledge Hockey Paralympic Gold by Lorna Schultz Schultz Nicholson
- (intransitive) To move in a flat ballistic trajectory (as a rifle bullet).
- 2014: Lights of Summer: The Run for Glory by Alexander Rebelle
- The ball rifled off the bat.
- 2014: Lights of Summer: The Run for Glory by Alexander Rebelle
- (obsolete, transitive) To dispose of in a raffle.
- 1605, John Webster, Northward Ho
- If you like not that course but intend to be rid of her , rifle her at a tavern , where you may swallow down some fifty wiseacres ' sons and heirs to old tenements and common gardens , like so many raw yolks with muscadine to bedward Kate.
- 1605, John Webster, Northward Ho
- (obsolete, intransitive) To engage in a raffle.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
Translations
References
- rifle at OneLook Dictionary Search
- rifle in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Filer, Friel, filer, flier, lifer
Catalan
Etymology
From English rifle.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?ri.fl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?ri.fle/
Noun
rifle m (plural rifles)
- rifle
Further reading
- “rifle” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “rifle” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “rifle” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “rifle” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ifl/
Etymology 1
From American English rifle (19th century).
Noun
rifle m (plural rifles)
- rifle (carabine)
Related terms
- .22 Long Rifle
Etymology 2
Verb
rifle
- first-person singular present indicative of rifler
- third-person singular present indicative of rifler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of rifler
- third-person singular present subjunctive of rifler
- second-person singular imperative of rifler
Further reading
- “rifle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- filer
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Apparently from Middle Low German or Low German riffel, but compare Danish riffel.
Noun
rifle f or m (definite singular rifla or riflen, indefinite plural rifler, definite plural riflene)
- (firearm) a rifle
Derived terms
- jaktrifle
References
- “rifle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
As above.
Noun
rifle f (definite singular rifla, indefinite plural rifler, definite plural riflene)
- (firearm) a rifle
Derived terms
- jaktrifle
References
- “rifle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- refle
Etymology
From English rifle, from Middle English, from Old French rifler (“to scrape off, plunder”), from Old Low Franconian Old Dutch *rifillon, frequentative of Proto-Germanic *r?fan?.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /??i.fli/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /?hi.fle/
Noun
rifle m (plural rifles)
- rifle
- Synonyms: escopeta, espingarda, fuzil, refle
Further reading
- “rifle” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English rifle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?rifle/, [?rif.le]
Noun
rifle m (plural rifles)
- rifle
- Synonym: fusil
Further reading
- “rifle” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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