Definition of Rifling

Noun: rifling rIf-ling

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

Verb: rifle rI-ful

Steal goods; take as spoils
"During the earthquake people rifled the stores that were deserted by their owners";
- plunder, despoil, loot, reave [archaic], strip, ransack, pillage, foray
Go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
"Who rifled through my desk drawers?";
- go