noun
plural -rels
[count] a round usually wooden container with curved sides and flat ends
the amount of something in a barrel
the part of a gun that the bullets go through when the gun is fired
a barrel of laughs
informal :someone or something that is very funny - often used in negative statements or in an ironic way to describe someone or something that is not really funny
more fun than a barrel (full) of monkeys
US informal + somewhat old-fashioned :very funny and enjoyable
over a barrel
in a bad situation :in a situation where you are forced to do something you do not want to do
the bottom of the barrel
verb
always followed by an adverb or preposition -rels; -reled also -relled; -reling also -relling
[no obj] US informal :to move very fast and often in an uncontrolled or dangerous way
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