barrel
noun
a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
had barrelled
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past perfectof barrel.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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It was already the end section, which during the contest had barrelled so small and fast that many of the surfers had wiped out.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 10, 2018
