barrel

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barrel

informal A large amount or quantity (of something). Tom is a real barrel of laughs. He always livens up these boring dinner parties. You should really come to the fair with us. It'll be a barrel of fun!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

barrel

1. tv. & in. to drink liquor to excess. Stop barreling beer and let’s go home.
2. n. a drunkard. The old barrel was full up and through for the evening.
3. in. to go fast; to speed while driving. She barreled out of here like a bat out of hell.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (as) crooked as a barrel of fish hooks
  • (as) funny as a barrel of monkeys
  • a bad apple spoils the (whole) barrel
  • a barrel of laughs
  • a barrel/bundle of laughs
  • a rotten apple spoils the (whole) barrel
  • all oak and iron bound
  • all oak and iron bound and *sound as a barrel
  • as easy as shooting fish in a barrel
  • as much fun as a barrel of monkeys
  • barrel
  • barrel along
  • barrel fever
  • barrel in
  • barrel in(to)
  • barrel of fun
  • barrel of laughs
  • barrel of monkeys
  • barrel out
  • barrel out (of)
  • barrel-chested
  • barreled
  • barreled (up)
  • barreled up
  • be a barrel of laughs
  • be more fun than a barrel of monkeys
  • be scraping the barrel
  • big around as a molasses barrel
  • both barrels, with
  • bottom of the barrel
  • bottom of the barrel, scrape the
  • cash on the barrel
  • cash on the barrelhead
  • crooked as a barrel of fish hooks
  • double-barreled
  • double-barreled slingshot
  • funny as a barrel of monkeys
  • get (one) over a barrel
  • get someone over a barrel
  • give (one) both barrels
  • give someone both barrels
  • have (one) over a barrel
  • have someone over a barrel
  • it takes one bad apple to spoil the (whole) barrel
  • it's more fun than a barrel of monkeys
  • like shooting fish in a barrel
  • loaded to the barrel
  • loaded to the gills
  • lock, stock and barrel
  • lock, stock, and barrel
  • look down the barrel
  • more fun than a barrel of monkeys
  • not be a barrel of laughs
  • on the barrel
  • on the barrelhead
  • one bad apple spoils the (whole) barrel
  • one rotten apple spoils the (whole) barrel
  • over a barrel
  • pork barrel
  • rotten apple
  • rotten apple spoils the barrel
  • rotten apple spoils the barrel, a
  • scrape the barrel
  • scrape the bottom of the barrel
  • sound as a barrel
  • stare down the barrel of a/(one's) gun
  • the bottom of the barrel
  • with both barrels
References in periodicals archive
Oman exported 145.5mn barrels of crude oil in the January-June period of this year as against 146.2mn barrels a year ago, thus recording a decline of 0.5 per cent in shipments.
OMAN'S CRUDE OIL OUTPUT UP BY 0.2 % IN JANUARY-JUNE PERIOD, SAYS NCSI
To determine how different barrel types react to rapid fire, I chose three rifles chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor.
BARREL LIFE
The company also offers a single rack that can cradle a 60-gallon barrel or be flipped over and support a 30-gallon barrel.
Barrel Racks: New options for safety or to support winemaking
Match Target barrels for the European pistols are deliberately oversized in the barrel hood and lower lugs.
Aftermarket Pistol Barrels: Using and fitting aftermarket barrels for pistol projects
The thin profile means it is not very stiff, and the point of impact can be affected by outside forces bearing on the barrel. Point of impact can change a couple inches if you are pushing hard against one side of the barrel when shooting.
AR-15 gunsmithing for the novice: installing a barrel: part 1
Drillings typically have a safety on the side, and the tang "safety" raises a rear sight on the rib and activates the rifle barrel. It takes a lot of practice to be familiar with the drill, but it's not an unsound concept if you practice.
A numbers game
Of course, buying the barrel isn't the only expense.
Switch-barrel rifles: from quick to slow, many rifles offer shooters a versatile multi-caliber battery on one action
Grasp the retracting slide handles to align the barrel locking spring lug with the 3/s-in hole in the right side of the receiver while inserting the barrel.
Raise cover to save barrel
Aging is currently underway for three future Bishop's Barrel offerings, including Bishop's Barrel #2, which will be an Old Ale in Chardonnay barrels with cherries.
Saint Arnold launches Bishop's Barrel specialty beer series
Barrel sets made for skeet guns were carefully weighted by their manufacturers in an effort to make a gun handle and feel the same regardless of which set of barrels it might be wearing.
The more, the merrier: a look at guns with more than one barrel
The bore and grove dimensions for a micro-groove barrel and a cut-rifle barrel will vary quite a lot.
The long vs. short of it
The way to prevent this is always to lubricate the barrel threads before turning the barrel into a receiver.
Lube that barrel
The rain barrels are made from 55 gallon blue plastic recycled containers.
Lancaster receives rain barrel grant
The Sultanate's total production of crude oil and condensates saw a 4.3 per cent hike to 4.62 million barrels during this period, up from 4,410.8 million barrels last year.
China tops countries importing Oman oil
The pre-weighed rubber specimen is placed at the bottom of the barrel of the rheometer.
Overview of capillary rheometry--part 1