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barrelled

barrelled is the simple past and past participle of barrel.

Adjective

barrelled (not comparable)

  1. Having a barrel or specified number of barrels.
    • a barrelled action
    • a double-barrelled shotgun
  2. Packed in a barrel.
    • barrelled water

Meaning of barrel

Verb

barrel (third-person singular simple present barrels, present participle (US) barreling or (UK) barrelling, simple past and past participle (US) barreled or (UK) barrelled)

  1. (transitive) To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
  2. (intransitive) To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.
    • He came barrelling around the corner and I almost hit him.
  3. (intransitive) To assume the shape of a barrel; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit barrel distortion, where the sides bulge outwards.
  4. (slang) To bet consecutively on multiple streets.

See all 20 meanings of barrel

Words formed from barrelled

Phrases with barrelled

Questions about barrelled

What does barrelled mean?
Barrelled means having a barrel or specified number of barrels.
What is barrelled the simple past and past participle of?
Barrelled is the simple past and past participle of barrel.
What part of speech is barrelled?
Barrelled is an adjective.

Words near barrelled in the dictionary

  1. barreling
  2. barrelings
  3. barrell
  4. barrellage
  5. barrellages
  6. barrelled
  7. barreller
  8. barrellers
  9. barrelless
  10. barrellike
  11. barrelling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: barrelled (page history and authors); barrel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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