barrel in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
barrel in Hindi हिन्दी
barrel in Kashmiri कॉशुर
barrel in Marathi मराठी
barrel in Sindhi سنڌي
barrel in Telugu తెలుగు
barrel in English
- barrel⇄barrel, noun, verb,(especially British) -relled,-rellingor (especially U.S.)-reled,-reling.
- barrel⇄expr. over a barrel, (Informal.) in a defenceless position; in distress.
Ex. He had his competitors over a barrel. - barrel⇄expr. scrape the (or bottom of the) barrel, to use up one's last resources.
Ex. This can run into money just when you've scraped the barrel to pay for the car (Punch). - barrel⇄noun 1. a container with a round, flat top and bottom and sides that curve out slightly. Barrels are usually made of boards held together by hoops or of cardboard reinforced with metal hoops at the tops and bottoms.
(SYN) cask.
2a. the amou - barrel⇄tumbling box orbarrel,
a revolving box or barrel, used for polishing small objects, especially of metal, by shaking them about with abrasives. - barrel⇄v.i. (U.S. Slang.) to move with great speed.
Ex. The new law ... cracks down on motorists, especially those who terrorize pedestrians by barrelling around corners (New Yorker). - barrel⇄v.t. to put in barrels.
Ex. We plan to barrel the cider next Wednesday.