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barnstorm

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barn⋅storm

  [bahrn-stawrm]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to conduct a campaign or speaking tour in rural areas by making brief stops in many small towns.
2. Theater. to tour small towns to stage theatrical performances.
3. (of a pilot) to give exhibitions of stunt flying, participate in airplane races, etc., in the course of touring country towns and rural areas.
4. (of a professional athletic team) to tour an area playing exhibition games after the regular season.
–verb (used with object)
5. to tour (various places) as a barnstormer.
Origin:
1880–85; barn 1 + storm

Related forms:
barnstormer, noun
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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barn·storm   (bärn'stôrm')   
v.   barn·stormed, barn·storm·ing, barn·storms

v.   intr.

  1. To travel around the countryside making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting theatrical performances.

  2. To appear at county fairs and carnivals in exhibitions of stunt flying and parachute jumping.

  3. To travel around an area appearing in exhibition sports events, especially baseball games.

v.   tr.
To travel across while barnstorming.
barn'storm'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
barnstorm

  1. tv. & in.
    [for an entertainer] to perform in small towns for short engagements. : My great-uncle used to barnstorm Kansas and Oklahoma with his medicine show.
  2. in.
    to perform stunts in a biplane in small towns. (Presumably swooping around barns.) : The old biplane we used to barnstorm with is the safest plane ever built.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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