barreled

Sped without restraint

Barreled means moving fast and forcefully, like a barrel rolling downhill: The truck barreled down the highway, She barreled through the crowd.

As an adjective, barreled describes something equipped with a barrel or barrels: a double-barreled shotgun, a long-barreled rifle.

Also spelled barrelled.

aged

oak

Quercus genus member

cask · maturation · vintage · distillery · charred · wine · rum · brandy · cellar · tannins

firearm

rifle

Long-barreled shoulder weapon

carbine · muzzle · bore · caliber · breech · rifling · smoothbore · sights · ammunition · bullet

shape

curved

Smoothly bent, not angular

convex · bulging · arched · domed · ribbed · stave · bowed · rotund · belly · swelled

speed

racing

Speed competition sport

speeding · rushing · tearing · zooming · rocketing · thundering · blasting · flying · streaking · blazing

surfing

tube

Hollow cylindrical passage

  • waveOscillating motion through medium
  • pipelineLong-distance fluid transport tube
  • curlSpiral or loop form

hollow · covered · riding · glassy · overhead · swell · break · carve · stoked · crest

Categories
Opposites
speed/momentum of movement

barreledcrept

Moved slowly, furtively

crawled · inched · plodded · trudged · ambled

container/storage state

barreledloose

Not firmly secured

unbottled · bulk · untapped · free-flowing

Phrases
Family

barrel, barrels, barrelled, barreling, barrelling

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G