Barrel

Noun

 * 1)  A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads.  Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.
 * 2) The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31 1/2 gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds; of beer 31 gallons; of ale 32 gallons; of crude oil 42 gallons.
 * 3) A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case;
 * 4) A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
 * 5)  A jar. 1 Kings xvii. 12.
 * 6)  A tube.
 * 7)  The hollow basal part of a feather.
 * 8)  The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and looks rather like a barrel (1).
 * 9)  A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.
 * 10) 🇺🇸 A waste receptacle.
 * 11) The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.

Verb

 * 1) To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.

Adjectives for Barrel
dilapidated; hoopless; cobwebbed; moss-grown; sagging; scarred; slimy; stout; warped.

Verbs for Barrel
bung—; measure—; pipe—; pump from—; roll—; store in—; stove in—; tap—; valve—; —bulges; —reeks; —resounds; —thuds; —thunders; —tumbles.

Thesaurus
abundance, acres, bag, bags, ball the jack, barb, barbule, barrels, basket, beeline, bole, boom, bottle, bowl along, box, box up, breeze, breeze along, brush, burden, bushel, butt, can, capsule, carton, case, cask, cilium, clip, column, copiousness, countlessness, crate, cut along, cylinder, cylindroid, drum, encase, encyst, filament, filamentule, fill, fleet, flit, flood, fly, fly low, foot, freight, go fast, great deal, hamper, hasten, heap, heap up, highball, hogshead, hustle, jar, keg, lade, lashings, load, lot, lump, make knots, mass, mess, mountain, much, multitude, nip, numerousness, ocean, oceans, outstrip the wind, pack, pack away, package, parcel, peck, pile, pillar, pipe, plenitude, plenty, pocket, pot, pour it on, power, profusion, quantities, quantity, quill, rip, rocket, roll, roller, rouleau, run, rush, sack, scorch, sea, shaft, ship, sight, sizzle, skim, smoke, spate, speed, stack, store, storm along, stow, superabundance, superfluity, sweep, tank, tear, tear along, thunder along, tin, tons, trunk, tube, tun, volume, whisk, whiz, world, worlds, zing, zip, zoom

Etymology
From barrell:, from  baril:,  baril:, bareil:, of uncertain origin. An attempt to link baril to barre: (compare  barra:) via assumed  *undefined: meets the phonological requirement, but fails to connect the word semantically. The alternate connection to the source:  *undefined: or  𐌱𐌴𐍂𐌹𐌻𐍃:, from, from , is more plausible as it connects not only the form of the word but also the sense. Compare also biril:,  Bärel:, Bierel:,  berill:,  byrla:. More at bear.

Related terms

 * barrel of monkeys
 * barrel roll
 * like shooting fish in a barrel


 * lock, stock and barrel
 * over a barrel