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"Barrel" Definition
noun
A cylinder that contains a movable piston.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A large cylindrical container, usually made of staves bound together with hoops, with a flat top and bottom of equal diameter.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Any of various units of volume or capacity. In the U.S. Customary System it varies, as a liquid measure, from 31 to 42 gallons (120 to 159 liters) as established by law or usage. See Table at measurement.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Informal A large quantity: a barrel of fun.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Slang An act or instance of moving rapidly, often recklessly, in a motor vehicle.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
idiom
Barrel Granting, giving, or requesting no credit: paid cash on the barrel for the car.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Over a barrel In a very awkward position from which extrication is difficult: During the negotiations the opposing faction had us over a barrel.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
adjective
Likened to a barrel, as in shape: a barrel chest; barrel hips.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-intransitive
Slang To move at a high speed or rate of progress: "That the European Union barreled ahead was not surprising” ( Richard W. Stevenson).
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-transitive
To put or pack in a barrel.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
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