barrel »
The hollow basal part of a feather.
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barrel »
The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31 1/2 gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds; of beer 31 gallons; of ale 32 gallons; of crude oil 42 gallons.
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barrel of laughs »
That which is enjoyable or entertaining.
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barrel of laughs »
That which is immature, embarrassing, or disgraceful.
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barrow man »
A man under sentence of transportation; alluding to the convicts at Woolwich, who are principally employed in wheeling barrows full of brick or dirt.
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bash out »
To write something very quickly, without much thought.
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bash up »
To assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury.
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basket case »
One made powerless or ineffective, as by nerves, panic or stress.
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bass-ackward »
Alternative form of bass-ackwards.
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bass-ackwards »
Alternative form of ass-backwards.
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bassackward »
Alternative form of bass-ackwards.
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bassackwards »
Alternative form of bass-ackwards.
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bat an eyelash »
To react in any slight way; to respond.
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bat an eyelid »
To react in any slight way; to respond.
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bat around »
When at least nine batters bat in a half inning.
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