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barreled

Variant of barrel

noun

  1. a large, wooden, cylindrical container with flat, circular ends and sides that bulge outward, made usually of staves bound together with hoops
  2. the capacity or contents of a standard barrel, esp. as a unit of measure (in the U.S., 31 gal, but for petroleum, 42 gal and for fermented beverages, 31 gal; in Gr. Brit., 36 imperial gal; in dry measure, various amounts, as 196 lb of flour, 200 lb of pork or fish, etc.)
  3. a revolving cylinder, wound with a chain or rope: the barrel of a windlass
  4. any hollow or solid cylinder: the barrel of a fountain pen
  5. the tube of a gun, through which the projectile is fired
  6. the cylindrical case containing the mainspring of a clock or watch
  7. the piston chamber of a pump
  8. the quill of a feather
  9. Informal a great amount: a barrel of fun

transitive verb barreled or barrelled, barreling or barrelling

to put or pack in a barrel or barrels

intransitive verb

Slang to go at high speed

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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