barrel
To put or to pack in a barrel or barrelsTo put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
» We used a barrel for a makeshift table.
Мы пользовались бочкой как самодельным столом.
Мы использовали бочку как временный стол.
Ми використали бочку як тимчасовий стіл.
Ми вжили діжку за тимчасовий стіл.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
put in barrels
(intransitive)To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.
He came barrelling around the corner and I almost hit him.
rasen, sausen, zischen
мча́тьсяmčátʹsja, нести́сьnestísʹ
(intransitive)To assume the shape of a barrel; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit barrel distortion, where the sides bulge outwards.
(slang)To bet consecutively on multiple streets.
Examples
93 sentencesWe used a barrel for a makeshift table.
Ми використали бочку як тимчасовий стіл. — shanghainese
ruМы пользовались бочкой как самодельным столом. — Selena777
Tom has a double-barreled shotgun.
These barrels are filled with brandy.
deDiese Fässer sind mit Brandy gefüllt. — Waldelfe
That barrel is full of brandy.
It's like shooting fish in a barrel.
ruЭто проще пареной репы. — marafon
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English barel, from Anglo-Norman baril, Old French baril, bareil (“barrel”), oFrom Middle English barel, from Anglo-Norman baril, Old French baril, bareil (“barrel”), of uncertain origin. An attempt to link baril to Old French barre (“bar, bolt”) (compare Medieval Latin barra (“bar, rod”)) via assumed Vulgar Latin *barrīculum meets the phonological requirement, but fails to connect the word semantically. The alternative connection to Frankish *baril, *beril or Gothic *𐌱𐌴𐍂𐌹𐌻𐍃 (*bērils, “container for transport”), from Proto-Germanic *barilaz, *bērilaz (“barrel, jug, container”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry, transport”), is more plausible as it connects not only the form of the word but also the sense; equivalent to bear + -le. Compare also Old High German biril (“jug, large pot”), Luxembourgish Bärel, Bierel (“jug, pot”), Old Norse berill (“barrel for liquids”), Old English byrla (“barrel of a horse, trunk, body”). More at bear.
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Forms
barrels, barreling, barreled, barreledWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle