barn burner
nounDefinition 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
Recent Examples on the Web
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 Three weeks in and there have been upsets, barn burners decided in the final seconds, and marquee wins that will pay dividends in late October. — Adam Baum, Cincinnati.com, "5 takeaways from Week 3 high school football in Ohio," 9 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'barn burner.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Keep scrolling for more
Learn More about barn burner
From the Editors at Merriam-Webster
Where Does the Phrase 'Barn Burner'...
Where Does the Phrase 'Barn Burner' Come From?
From politics to 'a very exciting event'
Dictionary Entries near barn burner
Statistics for barn burner
Look-up Popularity
Time Traveler for barn burner
The first known use of barn burner was in 1951
Keep scrolling for more
Comments on barn burner
What made you want to look up barn burner? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Test Your Vocabulary
Great Scrabble Words—A Quiz
-
- Which of the following Q-without-U words means the number five in cards or dice?
Test your vocabulary with our 10-question quiz!
TAKE THE QUIZ
Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.
TAKE THE QUIZ
Share barn burner
Resources for barn burner