Meaning & use
barreling
Last updated
Moving very fast, especially in a straight or reckless manner, or packing something into barrels.
See it in a sentence
The truck came barreling down the highway well over the speed limit.
Workers spent the afternoon barreling apples for shipment to the cider mill.
A note on using this word
The 'moving fast' sense likely comes from the image of a barrel rolling downhill, gathering speed and momentum.
Words with a similar meaning
racinghurtling
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
crawlingcreeping
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “barreling”, then compare your use with the examples above.
Your draft stays on this page and is not sent anywhere.