ALL meanings of barreling
bar·rel
B b - noun barreling a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends. 1
- noun barreling the quantity that such a vessel of some standard size can hold: for most liquids, 31½ U.S. gallons (119 L); for petroleum, 42 U.S. gallons (159 L); for dry materials, 105 U.S. dry quarts (115 L). Abbreviation: bbl. 1
- noun barreling any large quantity: a barrel of fun. 1
- noun barreling any container, case, or part similar to a wooden barrel in form. 1
- noun barreling Ordnance. the tube of a gun. 1
- noun barreling Machinery. the chamber of a pump in which the piston works. 1
- noun barreling a drum turning on a shaft, as in a weight-driven clock. 1
- noun barreling Horology. the cylindrical case in a watch or clock within which the mainspring is coiled. 1
- noun barreling Ornithology Obsolete. a calamus or quill. 1
- noun barreling the trunk of a quadruped, especially of a horse, cow, etc. 1
- noun barreling Nautical. the main portion of a capstan, about which the rope winds, between the drumhead at the top and the pawl rim at the bottom. 1
- noun barreling a rotating horizontal cylinder in which manufactured objects are coated or polished by tumbling in a suitable substance. 1
- noun barreling any structure having the form of a barrel vault. 1
- noun barreling Also called throat. Automotive. a passageway in a carburetor that has the shape of a Venturi tube. 1
- verb with object barreling to put or pack in a barrel or barrels. 1
- verb with object barreling to finish (metal parts) by tumbling in a barrel. 1
- verb with object barreling Informal. to force to go or proceed at high speed: He barreled his car through the dense traffic. 1
- verb without object barreling Informal. to travel or drive very fast: to barrel along the highway. 1
- idioms barreling over a barrel, Informal. in a helpless, weak, or awkward position; unable to act: They really had us over a barrel when they foreclosed the mortgage. 1
- noun barreling Present participle of barrel. 1
- noun barreling (mechanical engineering) A defect in which a testpiece is deformed into a barrel-like shape. 0