barrel
/ˈbæɹəl/ verb C2- To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
- To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner. · He came barrelling around the corner and I almost hit him.
- To assume the shape of a barrel; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit barrel distortion, where the sides bulge outwards.
- To bet consecutively on multiple streets.
He/she/it barrels · Past barreled · Past participle barreled · -ing form barreling
Verb forms
- Base form
- barrel
- He/she/it
- barrels
- Past
- barreled
- Past participle
- barreled
- -ing form
- barreling
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Lying across his chest was a curious weapon, a shotgun with the barrel sawed off a foot in front of the triggers.
Apart from the name upon the barrel, the idea had occurred to me.
I had it by the barrel, and we wrestled for it all ends up for a minute or more.
The light flashed upon the barrel of a revolver, but Holmes’ hunting crop came down on the man’s wrist, and the pistol clinked upon the stone floor.
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