barnstorming

verb

present participle of barnstorm
as in roving

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barnstorming
  1. roving
  2. hopping
  3. roaming
  4. gallivanting
  5. wandering
  6. rambling
  7. traipsing
  8. touring
Verb
  • Enclose The Garden With A Fence Enclosing a garden or patio with a fence provides more privacy, discourages roving deer, and adds a little mystery to your property.
    — Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 13 July 2026
  • The first came last October when Casa Bonita hosted a fall pop-up called Casa BOOnita and suspended the use of roving actors for one month.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 9 July 2026
Definition of roving
Verb
  • For a Greek Escape Soft whites and baby blues are perfect for island hopping in the Cyclades.
    — Emma Spedding, Vogue, 17 July 2026
  • As a recent article by Bloomberg points out, riders hopping into driverless cabs from Waymo, Tesla, and Zoox are treating driverless trips as a license to unwind.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 16 July 2026
Definition of hopping
Verb
  • Drought damages pasturelands, reduces the natural feed supply and restricts water access, all needed for raising large, roaming livestock.
    — Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
  • This is especially dangerous when feeding large numbers of free-roaming cats.
    — Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 16 July 2026
Definition of roaming
Verb
  • The Orlando Sentinel’s Jeff Schweers found Ingoglia has been gallivanting around the state to see the Miami Dolphins, Tampa Bay Lightning, Daytona 500 and even a boxing match, with taxpayers helping cover his transportation.
    — Scott Maxwell, Sun Sentinel, 28 May 2026
  • Imagine if David Rose and Patrick Brewer went gallivanting off on a cozy fantasy adventure, only to discover a shape-shifting girl and humans who are the real monsters.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
Definition of gallivanting
Verb
  • The animal dragged the bag across the course before wandering off, leaving the golfers with a story that’s sure to be a hole-in-one at the clubhouse.
    — Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 17 July 2026
  • Following in the wasteland-wandering footsteps of its successful Fallout series, Amazon Prime is tripling down on live-action game adaptations.
    — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
Definition of wandering
Verb
  • Throughout the latter two videos, Ivey spoke to the camera while driving his car and rambling through various evangelical talking points.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
  • This rambling 1,200-acre Southern California ranch has both and much more, plus a supremely private and scenic locale on the outskirts of the historic community of San Juan Capistrano.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 10 Mar. 2026
Definition of rambling
Verb
  • Over spare guitars, Madonna retraces the days of traipsing about the Lower East Side when the rent was overdue.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 3 July 2026
  • But birding at this landfill does not mean traipsing through the trash.
    — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
Definition of traipsing
Verb
  • During an appearance on Rolling Stone’s Nashville Now podcast, Tedeschi and Trucks talked about touring with such a large band — the group features 12 members.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2026
  • The two are currently touring together, and country music fans can't get enough.
    — David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of touring
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