About The Word Barnburner

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Barnburner to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Barnburner definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Barnburner

Barnburner Meaning & Definition
Barnburner Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Barnburner?

[n] (informal) a impressively successful event; "the rock concert was a real barnburner"
[n] someone who burns down a barn

Synonyms | Synonyms for Barnburner:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Barnburner:

See Also | arsonist | firebug | incendiary | success

Barnburner In Webster's Dictionary

\Barn"burn`er\, n. [So called in allusion to the fable of the man who burned his barn in order to rid it of rats.] A member of the radical section of the Democratic party in New York, about the middle of the 19th century, which was hostile to extension of slavery, public debts, corporate privileges, etc., and supported Van Buren against Cass for president in 1848; -- opposed to {Hunker}. [Political Cant, U. S.]

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Body english ‐ a motion of the body by a player as if to make an object already…
  • Modulus ‐ (physics) a coefficient that expresses how much of a specified…
  • Shover ‐ someone…
  • Cichorium ‐ chicory
  • Pygmy chimpanzee ‐ small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a…
  • Investment adviser ‐ someone who advises others how to invest…
  • Darling ‐ an Australian river; tributary of the Murray River [n] a special…
  • Genus coniogramme ‐ terrestrial ferns of Pacific…
  • Think up ‐ devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly";…
  • Organic fertilizer ‐ a fertilizer that is derived from animal or…