English dictionary

barnburner

/'b/A/rn,b/[@]/rn/@/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

someone who burns down a barn

noun.person

Source: WordNet 3.0
an impressively successful event

noun.event

Examples
The rock concert was a real barnburner.

Source: WordNet 3.0
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 <i>Hunker</i>.

noun

Source: webster1913