barrel

/ˈbæɹəl/
/ˈbæɹəl/

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.

    "a cracker barrel"

  2. The quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom.

  3. A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case

    "the barrel of a windlass;  the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled."

  4. A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.

  5. A tube.

  6. The hollow basal part of a feather.

  7. The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and looks rather like a barrel (1).

  8. A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.

  9. A waste receptacle.

    "Throw it into the trash barrel."

  10. The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.

  11. A jar.

  12. Any of the dark-staining regions in the somatosensory cortex of rodents, etc., where somatosensory inputs from the contralateral side of the body come in from the thalamus.

  13. A statistic derived from launch angle and exit velocity of a ball hit in play.

Synonyms: cask, tun

verb

  1. To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.

  2. To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.

    "He came barrelling around the corner and I almost hit him."