1
as in ton
a considerable amount
a visit to an amusement park should be a barrel of laughs
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2
as in to race
to proceed or move quickly
faced with a firm deadline, we barreled through the project at a furious pace
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Recent Examples of barrel
Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
The focus ring is large and takes up much of the barrel.
—PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
Zach Cavanagh, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
Rice is the subject of extremely good fortune — a vehicle barreling 119 mph down a highway crashed into the center median and then into other cars but miraculously did not kill anyone, including himself.
—Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Like the style of these barrel pants for fall travel?
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
The focus ring is large and takes up much of the barrel.
—PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
Zale barreled forward on fourth-and-one at the Huntington Beach five-yard line, and Hoffman capped the drive with the 1-yard go-ahead touchdown run.
—Zach Cavanagh, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
Rice is the subject of extremely good fortune — a vehicle barreling 119 mph down a highway crashed into the center median and then into other cars but miraculously did not kill anyone, including himself.
—Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barrel
Noun
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There’s been a ton of turnover on the pitching staffs of both teams, but the Dodgers brought in arms that were more toxic and less hittable.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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These boulders, ranging in size from several meters to hundreds of meters and weighing up to a few tons, occasionally tumble down cliffs and crater walls, leaving bright tracks of disturbed lunar dust behind.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Those production chops help explain the track’s slick, glossy pop sheen, anchored by tactile drum sounds and a prominent bassline.—
Jeff Benjamin,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Other shoppers perused a display of traditional sake casks or purchased T-shirts celebrating neighborhood artisans—paper-makers; a bakery specializing in melonpan, a crispy sweet bun—as drum-and-flute music from Asakusa’s annual festival played over the sound system.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The music thumped away, though at reduced volume, the bats performed their acrobatics over the pool, the hash pipe glowed, people began to yawn.—
T. Coraghessan Boyle,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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Zajicek, signed in the offseason, had thus far played all his hockey in his native Czechia but looked right at home between the pipes for the B’s.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Thousands of residents were evacuated as the flames raced up the Santa Ana Mountains, cresting and driving straight toward the Lake Elsinore area, burning cabins in the Cleveland National Forest’s Holy Jim Canyon and then homes in the El Cariso Village neighborhood.—
Michael Slaten,
Oc Register,
10 Sep. 2025
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With California poised to become the first state to formally regulate microplastics in consumer products, many brands and retailers are racing to evaluate their value chains in anticipation of significant operational shifts.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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It’s finished in a beautiful coat of light green and has loads of chrome trim and a black roof.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
12 Sep. 2025
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There’s a lot of tradesmen, but songwriters… There’s not loads of them.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That collectible popcorn bucket.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
16 Sep. 2025
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The metaphor of a bucket of cold water is inadequate.—
Óscar Martínez & Carlos Martínez,
The Dial,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Anduril highlights that the architecture also speeds software updates.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
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The worst issue is that The Portal, with changes meant to speed up progression, allegedly, launched giving everyone less powerful drops, making the new power climb ridiculous.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Last time, Republicans were defending more than two dozen districts won by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Three dozen lucky Klarna staffers just joined the ultrarich club thanks to its recent stock windfall.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Barrel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barrel. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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