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Definition of barrel verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

barrel

 verb
verb
NAmE//ˈbærəl//
 
[intransitive] + adv./prep. (informal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they barrel
 
 he / she / it barrels
 
 past simple barreled (Canadian English usually)barrelled
 
 -ing form barreling (Canadian English usually)barrelling
 
 
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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 the fence.
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