When Something Is Barreling?

barrelled or barreled. DEFINITIONS1. to move very quickly in a deliberate or determined way.

What barreling means?

(băr′əl) 1. A large cylindrical container, usually made of staves bound together with hoops, with a flat top and bottom of equal diameter. 2. The quantity that a barrel with a given or standard capacity will hold.

Where does the phrase barreling come from?

It has been suggested 1 the phrase was derived from when enslaved people would scramble for their shares of salted pork, which people who owned slaves gave to them in barrels as a "reward." The literal use of "pork barrel" dates as far back as the early 1700s.