Main Entry:

barn·storm

Pronunciation:

\ˈbärn-ˌstȯrm\

Function:

verb

Date:

1883

intransitive verb

1 : to tour through rural districts staging usually theatrical performances 2 : to travel from place to place making brief stops (as in a political campaign or a promotional tour) 3 : to pilot one's airplane in sight-seeing flights with passengers or in exhibition stunts in an unscheduled course especially in rural districts transitive verb : to travel across while barnstorming

— barn·storm·er noun