barrel

²barrel

verb

barreled or barrelledbarrel·ing or barrel·ling

Definition of BARREL

transitive verb

: to put or pack in a barrel

intransitive verb

: to move at a high speed or without hesitation

Examples of BARREL

1. The truck went barreling down Main Street.
2. She came running out of her office and went barreling past us down the hall.

First Known Use of BARREL

15th century

Related to BARREL

Synonyms: hurry, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bomb [slang], bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, crack (on), dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, nip, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, speed, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom

Antonyms: crawl, creep, poke

Related Words: beetle, dart, flit, scamper, scud, scuffle; stampede, streak, whiz (or whizz); gallop, jog, sprint; accelerate, quicken, step out; catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake; arrow, beeline

Near Antonyms: dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, hang (around or out), lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarry; amble, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stroll; decelerate, slow (down or up)

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Rhymes with BARREL

carol, parol