| query | If a vehicle or person is b_________ in a particular direction, they are moving very quickly in that direction.If a vehicle or person is barrelling in a particular direction, they are moving very quickly in that direction. The car was barreling down the street at a crazy speed. |
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| word | barrel |
| full-definition | noun A barrel is a large, round container for liquids or food. The wine is aged for almost a year in oak barrels. ...barrels of pickled fish. In the oil industry, a barrel is a unit of measurement equal to 159 litres . Fully operational, the pipe can pump one million barrels of oil a day. Oil prices were closing at $19.76 a barrel. The barrel of a gun is the tube through which the bullet moves when the gun is fired . He pushed the barrel of the gun into the other man's open mouth. verb If a vehicle or person is barrelling in a particular direction, they are moving very quickly in that direction. The car was barreling down the street at a crazy speed. |
| inflections | barrelsbarrellingbarrelled |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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