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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
barrel
/ˈbæɹəl/
noun1 of 2
a round container with curved sides and flat ends
- “The old lady was more fun than a barrel of monkeys.”Tatoeba
- “This is like shooting fish in a barrel.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)