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barrel



bar·rel [barrel barrels barrelled barreled barrelling barreling] noun, verb BrE [ˈbærəl] NAmE [ˈbærəl]
noun
1. a large round container, usually made of wood or metal, with flat ends and, usually, curved sides
a beer/wine barrel
2. the contents of or the amount contained in a barrel; a unit of measurement in the oil industry equal to between 120 and 159 litres
They got through two barrels of beer.
Oil prices fell to $9 a barrel.
3. the part of a gun like a tube through which the bullets are fired
Tom found himself looking down the barrel of a gun.
The barrel was aimed directly at me.
He fired one barrel and then fired again.
more at lock, stock and barrel at lock n., scrape (the bottom of) the barrel at scrape v., be like shooting fish in a barrel at shoot v.

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French baril, from medieval Latin barriclus ‘small cask’.

Thesaurus:
barrel noun C
They got through two barrels of beer.
keg • • drum • • cylinder • • tank • • vat • • tub
a beer barrel/keg
an oil barrel/drum/tank
fill a barrel/drum/cylinder/tank/vat/tub

Example Bank:
I felt the gun barrel at my head.
Pulling his rifle to his shoulder he squinted along the barrel.
She found herself looking down the barrel of a gun.
The price of oil had fallen to $16 per barrel.
They filled the barrels with cider.
a barrel of beer/oil
Crude oil prices hit record highs of more than $70 a barrel.
The art of barrel-making is an ancient skill.
Idioms:barrel of laughs over a barrel
 
verb (-ll-, NAmE -l-)intransitive + adv./prep. (NAmE, informal)
to move very fast in a particular direction, especially in a way that you cannot control
He came barreling down the hill and smashed into a phone booth.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French baril, from medieval Latin barriclus ‘small cask’.
 

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