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BARNBURNER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An impressively successful event

Example:

the rock concert was a real barnburner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

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)

Sense 2

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)

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