barrelled

Rushed without stopping

Barrelled is the British spelling of barreled, the past tense and past participle of barrel.

To barrel is to move at high speed, often recklessly: The truck barrelled down the highway.

Something barrelled has been put into barrels, or has a barrel-shaped form: a double-barrelled shotgun, a barrelled ceiling.

firearm

rifled

Searched to steal

gunmetalBluish-gray bronze alloy
boreTiresome individual or drill
caliberBore diameter or quality

shotgun · muzzle · chamber · steel · blued · loaded · spent

containerized

cask

Wooden storage barrel

kegSmall beverage barrel
drumStruck percussion cylinder
vatLarge liquid container

hogshead · firkin · tun · whiskey · wine · rum · ale · beer · spirits · oil

shaped

cylindrical

Circular in cross-section

roundCurved like circle
curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
stavedFended off successfully

hooped · coopered · banded · oaken · wooden · bulging · ribbed · convex · arched · bellied

movement

speeding

Exceeding posted velocity limits

racingSpeed competition sport
hurtlingMoving dangerously fast
chargingRestoring electrical power

rushing · careening · tearing · thundering · roaring · plowing · surging · streaking · blazing · rocketing

Opposites

speed and momentum of movement

barrelledcrawled

Moved on hands and knees

crept · inched · plodded · dawdled · ambled

carefulness and control

barrelledtiptoed

Walked on foot-ends quietly

crept · edged · eased · hesitated · faltered

directness of trajectory

barrelledmeandered

Traveled without direct course

wandered · zigzagged · weaved · drifted · veered

Phrases

double-barrelled shotgunTwo-bore hunting firearm
pork barrellingAllocating funds for local favor

Family

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G