barrel
noun
a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
have been barreling
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present perfect progressiveof barrel.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Rosario might as well have been barreling through the roller-coaster turnstiles at Great America.
From Chicago Tribune ● Sep. 21, 2013
