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    barrel
    /ˈbarəl/

    noun

    • 1. a cylindrical container bulging out in the middle, traditionally made of wooden staves with metal hoops round them: "the wine is then matured in old barrels"
    • 2. a tube forming part of an object such as a gun or a pen: "a gun barrel"

    verb

    • 1. drive or move in a way that is so fast as to almost be out of control: informal North American "we barrelled across the Everglades"
    • 2. put into a barrel or barrels: "when the young spirit is barrelled, it absorbs some of this flavour"

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