As a Noun: 1. A gun with a long barrel. English = rifle. 2. The chasing and killing of wild animals with guns and rifles for food or as a sport. English = hunting. As a Verb or Adjective: 1. To fire a rifle. 2. To chase wild animals and shoot at them with a rifle in order to kill them for food or as a sport. English = hunt. 3. [With a sideways sweep] to shoot indiscriminately, to massacre.