barrelling

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.

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Noun

barreling (countable and uncountable, plural barrelings)

1. A defect in which a testpiece is deformed into a barrel-like shape.
2. Synonym of barrel distortion.

   Synonyms:

   barrel distortion