barrel
verb/ˈbærəl/
/ˈbærəl/
[intransitive] (North American English, informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they barrel | /ˈbærəl/ /ˈbærəl/ |
| he / she / it barrels | /ˈbærəlz/ /ˈbærəlz/ |
| past simple barrelled | /ˈbærəld/ /ˈbærəld/ |
| past participle barrelled | /ˈbærəld/ /ˈbærəld/ |
| (US English) past simple barreled | /ˈbærəld/ /ˈbærəld/ |
| (US English) past participle barreled | /ˈbærəld/ /ˈbærəld/ |
| -ing form barrelling | /ˈbærəlɪŋ/ /ˈbærəlɪŋ/ |
| (US English) -ing form barreling | /ˈbærəlɪŋ/ /ˈbærəlɪŋ/ |
- + adv./prep. 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 parked car.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French baril, from medieval Latin barriclus ‘small cask’.
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