barrel-ass

[ bar-uhl-as ]

/ ˈbær əlˌæs /

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verb (used without object) Slang: Vulgar.

to charge headlong; move at high speed.

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Origin of barrel-ass

First recorded in 1955–60

Words nearby barrel-ass

barred i, barred owl, barred spiral galaxy, barrel, barrelage, barrel-ass, barrel bolt, barrel cactus, barrel chair, barrel chest, barrel-chested

How to use barrel-ass in a sentence

Ass-kicking, bad guy-killing Carter is just a future spinster.
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So just looking forward to taking our sweet ass time with this next one.
Deer Tick's John McCauley on Ten Years in Rock and Roll|James Joiner|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The revelation that, at age 42, Ben Affleck has one hell of an ass.
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That clear spirit is what goes into every barrel of The Macallan.
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And for Scotch in particular—which can spend decades in the barrel—wood is critical to the finished spirit.
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One hundred to the right barrel—nothing left for the second barrel!
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not understood.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
It wasn't any scruple of mercy, for Hicks was as cold-blooded a brute as ever glanced down a gun-barrel.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
And thy oxen, and the ass colts that till the ground, shall eat mingled provender as it was winnowed in the floor.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
A Laplander who cannot get Tobacco sucks chips of a barrel or pieces of anything else which has contained it.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.