Barrel

/ˈberəl/

noun

1. a large container shaped like a cylinder

What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.
– Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1623)

2. the long metal tube forming part of a gun

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
– Mao Zedong (1893-1976)

verb

to move forward quickly in an out of control way

Life was a freight train barreling toward just one stop, our loved ones streaking past our windows in blurs of color and light.
– from Night Film, by Marisha Pessl (1977 – )