gwintować — meaning in English

English meaning

• rifle noun A long-barrelled firearm fired from the shoulder, with spiral grooves inside the barrel for accuracy.
• tap noun A fitting on a pipe or container that controls the flow of a liquid or gas.

Senses

gwintować is used for these senses in English:

• rifle (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.
• tap To cut an internal screw thread in (a hole); also, to cut (an internal screw thread) in a hole, or to create an internally threaded hole in (something).

rifle — full definition

1. noun A long-barrelled firearm fired from the shoulder, with spiral grooves inside the barrel for accuracy.
2. verb To search through something quickly and often carelessly, typically to steal something.

tap — full definition

1. noun A fitting on a pipe or container that controls the flow of a liquid or gas.
2. verb To hit something lightly and briefly, often to get attention or make contact.
3. verb To secretly connect a device to a phone line or communication channel in order to listen in.
4. verb To draw on or make use of a resource, often one that was previously unused.

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