Definition of "barrelful" [barrelful]

• The amount that a barrel can hold. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Soon he was importing African slaves, making money by the barrelful and building stately mansions."
• "Maybe those "bad apples" would provoke a different reaction if executives like Dimon weren't personally supervising such a large barrelful of 'em."
• "Such is the power of Kelly and Bloomberg that no one - not one politician, starting with City Council Public Safety Chairman Peter Vallone, nor one mainstream news organization, starting with the New York Times with its barrelful of city-side reporters -- has pursued the circumstances of Schoolcraft's hospital admission."