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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