barrelling

The word “barrelling” has 3 syllables: bar-rel-ling

It's pronounced as /ˈbæɹəlɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for barrelling?

In the thesaurus, “barrelling” has 130 synonyms and 40 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for barrelling along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for barrelling

abrupt
accelerated
accelerating
alacritous
arrowing
beating it
beelining
beetling
belting
blasting
blazing
blowing
bolting
bombing
bowling
breakneck
breathless
breezing
brisk
bundling
bustling
buzzing
cannonballing
careening
careering
catching up
chasing
coursing
cracking
darting
dashing
dizzy
double-quick
driving
expeditious
express
fast
fast-forwarding
fleet
fleet-footed
flitting
flying
galloping
getting a move on
haring
hastened
hastening
hasty
headlong
hieing
highballing
humping
hurling
hurried
hurrying
hurtling
hustling
hying
in nothing flat
jetting
jogging
jumping
lightning
like crazy
like mad
making tracks
meteoric
motoring
nimble
nipping
on the double
outpacing
outrunning
outstripping
overtaking
pelting
precipitate
prompt
pronto
quick
quickened
quickening
racing
ramming
rapid
ready
ripping
rocketing
running
rushed
rushing
rustling
scampering
scooting
screaming
scudding
scuffling
scurrying
scuttling
shaking a leg
shooting
short
short-lived
snappy
spanking
speedball
speeding
speedy
sprinting
stampeding
stepping
stepping on it
stepping out
streaking
sudden
supersonic
swift
tearing
traveling
travelling
trotting
unexpected
warp-speed
whirling
whirlwind
whisking
whizzing
winged
zipping
zooming

Antonyms for barrelling

ambling
crawling
creeping
dallying
dawdling
decelerating
delayed
deliberate
dilatory
dillydallying
dragging
expected
inactive
inert
laggard
lagging
languid
lazy
leisurely
lethargic
lingering
loafing
loitering
lounging
lumbering
measured
plodding
pokey
poking
poky
sauntering
shuffling
slow
sluggish
snail-paced
snaillike
strolling
tardy
tarrying
unhurried

Meanings of barrelling

verb
1. To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
2. To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.
noun
1. A defect in which a testpiece is deformed into a barrel-like shape.

Example Sentences

The train was barrelling down the tracks at full speed.
He came barrelling out of the alley with a wild look in his eyes.
The wind was barrelling through the trees, shaking the branches violently.
A huge wave came barrelling toward the shore.
She was barrelling through her speech without pausing to take a breath.

On this page you'll find 170 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to barrelling, such as: abrupt, accelerated, accelerating, alacritous, ambling, arrowing, beating it.

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