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BARNBURNER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does barnburner mean? 

BARNBURNER (noun)
  The noun BARNBURNER has 2 senses:

1. someone who burns down a barnplay

2. an impressively successful eventplay

  Familiarity information: BARNBURNER used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BARNBURNER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who burns down a barn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("barnburner" is a kind of...):

arsonist; firebug; incendiary (a criminal who illegally sets fire to property)


Sense 2

Meaning:

An impressively successful event

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Context example:

the rock concert was a real barnburner

Hypernyms ("barnburner" is a kind of...):

success (an event that accomplishes its intended purpose)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)


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