• a cylindrical container bulging out in the middle, traditionally made of wooden staves with metal hoops round them

Synonyms: cask, keg, butt, vat, tun, tub, drum, tank, firkin, hogshead, kilderkin, pin, pipe, barrique

• a tube forming part of an object such as a gun or a pen

• the belly and loins of a four-legged animal such as a horse

• drive or move in a way that is so fast as to almost be out of control

Synonyms: hurry, race, run, sprint, dash, bolt, dart, rush, hasten, hurtle, career, streak, shoot, whizz, zoom, go like lightning, go hell for leather, spank along, bowl along, rattle along, whirl, whoosh, buzz, swoop, flash, blast, charge, stampede, gallop, sweep, hare, fly, wing, scurry, scud, scutter, scramble

• put into a barrel or barrels