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1 a a crack or split in an object. b an opening in a cloud etc.
2 a cleft or fissure in earth or rock.
3 a disagreement; a breach in friendly relations.

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tr. tear or burst apart.

rift-valley a steep-sided valley formed by subsidence of the earth's crust between nearly parallel faults.

riftless adj. rifty adj. [ME, of Scand. orig.]

rifty.html - predic.adj.
1 of common occurrence; widespread.
2 (foll. by with) abounding in; teeming with.

rifeness n. [OE ryfe prob. f. ON rÂfr acceptable f. reifa enrich, reifr cheerful]

rifty.html - n. & v.
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a short repeated phrase in jazz etc.

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intr. play riffs. [20th c.: abbr. of RIFFLE n.]

rifty.html - n.
(often prec. by the) rabble; disreputable or undesirable persons. [ME riff and raff f. OF rif et raf]

rifty.html - v. & n.
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1 tr. a turn (pages) in quick succession. b shuffle (playing-cards) esp. by flexing and combining the two halves of a pack.
2 intr. (often foll. by through) leaf quickly (through pages).

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1 the act or an instance of riffling.
2 (in gold-washing) a groove or slat set in a trough or sluice to catch gold particles.
3 US a a shallow part of a stream where the water flows brokenly. b a patch of waves or ripples on water. [perh. var. of RUFFLE]

rifty.html - n. & v.
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1 a gun with a long rifled barrel, esp. one fired from shoulder-level.
2 (in pl.) riflemen.

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tr. make spiral grooves in (a gun or its barrel or bore) to make a bullet spin.

rifle bird any dark green Australian bird of paradise of the genus Ptiloris. rifle-range a place for rifle-practice. rifle-shot 1 the distance coverable by a shot from a rifle.
2 a shot fired with a rifle. [OF rifler graze, scratch f. Gmc]