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Adjective: barrelled  ber-uld [N. Amer], ba-ruld [Brit]
  1. (of an arrow) tapered toward both ends
    - barreled
     
  2. Put in or stored in a barrel
    "barrelled beer";
    - barreled
Verb: barrel (barrelled,barrelling, or [US] barreled,barreling)  ber-ul [N. Amer], ba-rul [Brit]
  1. Put in barrels
     
  2. [informal] Move or travel very quickly
    - rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie [archaic], speed, race, pelt along [informal], rush along, bucket along [informal], belt along [informal], step on it [informal], travel rapidly, hurry, zip [informal], zoom, zoom along, whizz [informal], whizz along [informal], bucket [informal], wing [informal], pelt [informal], rocket [informal], belt [informal]

See also: pointed

Type of: go, lay, locomote, move, place, pose, position, put, set, travel

Encyclopedia: Barrel