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Definition of Barnstorm

1. Verb. Appear at county fairs and carnivals as a stunt flier and parachute jumper.

2. Verb. Tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting plays. "The presidential candidates are busy barnstorming this month"

Definition of Barnstorm

1. Verb. To travel around the countryside making political speeches etc ¹

2. Verb. (American English) To appear at fairs and carnivals in exhibitions of stunt flying, or sporting events ¹

3. Verb. (American English) An athletic team that travels from town to town performing in front of primarily small crowds[ ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Barnstorm

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Barnstorm

barneys barnfloor barnfloors barnful barnfuls barnidipine barnier barniest barning barnless

barnlike barns barnsful barnstar barnstars barnstorm (current term) barnstormed barnstormer barnstormers barnstorming

barnstorms barny barnyard barnyards baro- barocco baroccos baroceptor baroceptors

Literary usage of Barnstorm

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Professional Sports: The Challenges Facing the Future of the Industry (1998)
"Teams could also barnstorm, as did the Cincinnati Red Stockings baseball ... The Harlem Magicians and Harlem Globetrotters barnstorm today in basketball. ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1844)
"barnstorm, 10 Ves. 469, as well as in the principal case; but in cases of trust, or detention of dower, or on other special grounds, the account may be ..."

3. El Salvador at War: An Oral History of Conflict from the 1979 Insurrection edited by Max G. Manwaring, Court Prisk (1995)
"... not a real nice way to start Monday morning out. Give me some facts. I've got to know what's going on." I went on what I call my famous barnstorm tour. ..."

4. Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers by Elbert Hubbard (1907)
"Talmage spawned a large theological brood who barnstorm the provinces as independent evangelists. These base, bawling, baseball ranters, who have gotten ..."

5. Leon Abbett's New Jersey: The Emergence of the Modern Governor by Richard A. Hogarty (2001)
"He was determined to barnstorm the entire state. His electioneering efforts were unprecedented in terms of personal energy and the number of public ..."

6. Leon Abbett's New Jersey: The Emergence of the Modern Governor by Richard A. Hogarty (2001)
"He was determined to barnstorm the entire state. His electioneering efforts were unprecedented in terms of personal energy and the number of public ..."

7. The World War and Its Consequences: Being Lectures in the Course on by William Herbert Hobbs (1919)
"... was thun- barnstorm" dering the praise of his favorite nostrums—his thirty peace treaties—German "scraps of paper"; his Bolshevik defense army of a ..."

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