New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: barbel · barre · barren · barrier · quarrel · -barreled · barbed · barber · bared · barely

barrel

1 noun container, contentsbairille masc4 c m uit's €20 per barrel tá sé €20 an bairille, tá €20 an bairille aira whiskey barrel bairille fuisce, bairille uisce beatha 2 noun of gunbairille masc4 c m u

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3 verb (especially US) move quickly INTRANSITIVEtéigh ag treabhadh romhatshe was barrelling along bhí sí ag treabhadh roimpi

barrelled

adjectivebairille gs as adj c m ucruinn adj1 c m ubarrelled roof díon cruinn

-barrelled

(also US -barreled) adjectivea long-barrelled pistol piostal le bairille fada

phrases

a barrel of laughs

informalhe's a barrel of laughs tá sé an-bharrúil, tá sé iontach greannmhar, tá cuideachta mhaith ann, fear seoigh étoday wasn't a barrel of laughs for me ní raibh lá maith agamsa inniu

through the barrel of a gun

(also

from the barrel of a gun

) le lámh láidirthey seized power through the barrel of a gun ghabh siad an chumhacht le lámh láidir

to let sb have both barrels

(also

to give sb both barrels

) informalíde na muc is na madraí a thabhairt ar dhuinefogha fíochmhar a thabhairt faoi dhuine

to have sb over a barrel

(also

to hold sb over a barrel

) informalduine a bheith faoi bhos an chait agatduine a bheith ar do chomhairle féin agat

to barrel your way

do bhealach a bhrú romhattreabhadh romhatropadh leat i do bhrúiscshe barrelled her way over to the table bhrúigh sí a bealach roimpi anonn chuig an tábla

with both barrels

1 with maximum fire powerle lán an dá bhairillechomh maith in Éirinn agus atá tú in ann 2 as forcefully as possibleidir an dá shúilgan fiacail a chur ann c m ugan trócaire c m u

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barrel

barrelled

-barrelled

a barrel of laughs

through the barrel of a gun

from the barrel of a gun

to let sb have both barrels

to give sb both barrels

to have sb over a barrel

to hold sb over a barrel

to barrel your way

with both barrels

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