barn burner

noun

Definition of barn burner

: one that arouses much interest or excitement the game should be a real barn burner

Examples of barn burner in a Sentence

The game should be a real barn burner.

Recent Examples on the Web It’s like a barn burner … there’s no fat on that song. — Thor Christensen, Dallas News, "New album from Edie Brickell and New Bohemians recalls their Deep Ellum days," 11 Feb. 2021 Taylor’s stump speech isn’t a barn burner with a dramatic crescendo. — Washington Post, "Diana Taylor doesn’t have a name for her relationship with Mike Bloomberg. She just wants him to win.," 6 Feb. 2020 Thus far this game has seemed almost eerily quiet compared to the barn burner in Kansas City earlier in the day. — Benjamin Hoffman, New York Times, "Packers advance to the N.F.C. championship game.," 12 Jan. 2020 That's the reaction from inside Trump's legal team, according to a source familiar with the attorneys' mood after Mulvaney's barn burner. — Stephen Collinson And Caitlin Hu, CNN, "When outrages become the new normal -- Meanwhile in America," 18 Oct. 2019 Give me the points in what should be a barn burner. — Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, "Bo Nix is a liability; So are Alabama linebackers," 29 Aug. 2019 This six-piece, hard driving bluegrass band from North Carolina is sure to stir souls with their unique blend of songs, ranging range from pulse-pounding, dynamic barn burners to emotional tunes sung from the heart. — Lois Szymanski, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "Central Carroll: Historical Society bringing Bluegrass, Bourbon and Bocce to Westminster, Sept. 13," 27 Aug. 2019 Last month’s jobs report was a barn burner: Employers added 313,000 jobs in February, the most in one month since 2016, and the strong labor market drew hundreds of thousands of Americans into the work force. — The New York Times, New York Times, "White House to List Chinese Products Facing Tariffs and the March Jobs Report," 1 Apr. 2018 Onetime Weinstein assistant Zelda Perkins has become the first of the producer’s former staffers to break her non-disclosure agreement in a barn burner of an interview with the Financial Times’s Matthew Garrahan. — Rebecca Keegan, HWD, "The Weinstein Company’s N.D.A. Wall Has Been Breached," 24 Oct. 2017

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barn burner

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English Language Learners Definition of barn burner

US, informal : a very exciting game, event, etc.

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