Antonyms for barreling

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : bar-uh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbær əl

Definition of barreling

Origin : mid-15c., "to put in barrels," from barrel (n.). Meaning "to move quickly" is 1930, American English slang, perhaps suggestive of a rolling barrel. Related: Barreled; barreling.

As in fleet : adj quick in movement
As in run : verb move fast on foot
As in rush : verb hurry, speed
As in scurry : verb move along swiftly
As in speed : verb move along quickly
As in whisk : verb brush quickly; hasten
As in festinate : verb rush
As in hightail : verb run
As in floor it : verb drive at full speed
As in fly : verb run or pass swiftly
As in hotfoot : verb hurry
As in hurry : verb act, move speedily

Example sentences :

The mail, we read, was kept bright by barreling, but does not appear to have presented much scope for decoration.
Extract from : « Armour in England » by J. Starkie Gardner

For packing, salting, and barreling beef, this city gives place to no other in Europe.
Extract from : « Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period » by Various

Among these the subject of pickling and barreling is thoroughly treated, renewing pork brine; care of barrels, etc.
Extract from : « Home Pork Making » by A. W. Fulton

These bold adventurers made use of the land in the New World only for drying, salting and barreling their fish.
Extract from : « The Bounty of the Chesapeake » by James Wharton

By this method the apples are sorted both at the picking and barreling time.
Extract from : « Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 » by Various

Synonyms for barreling

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