Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To travel around the countryside making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting theatrical performances.
- intransitive verb To appear at county fairs and carnivals in exhibitions of stunt flying and parachute jumping.
- intransitive verb To travel around an area appearing in exhibition sports events, especially baseball games.
- intransitive verb To travel across while barnstorming.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb To travel from place to place, making brief stops.
- verb To fly an airplane from place to place, usually at small airports, doing flying stunts or flying passengers for sightseeing, for the purpose of earning money.
- verb to tour the country to solicit votes.
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- verb To
travel around thecountryside makingpolitical speeches etc - verb US To
appear atfairs andcarnivals inexhibitions ofstunt flying , orsporting events
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb appear at county fairs and carnivals as a stunt flier and parachute jumper
- verb tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting plays
Etymologies
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Examples
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When he was campaigning, he would barnstorm across the state, delivering ten or twelve speeches a day.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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When he was campaigning, he would barnstorm across the state, delivering ten or twelve speeches a day.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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When he was campaigning, he would barnstorm across the state, delivering ten or twelve speeches a day.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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Go out and barnstorm and tell the people that if Congress won't pass his plan, or a similar one, he will spend the next year campaigning for a Congress that will.
Peter D. Rosenstein: Give 'em Hell Barack! Peter D. Rosenstein 2011
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Go out and barnstorm and tell the people that if Congress won't pass his plan, or a similar one, he will spend the next year campaigning for a Congress that will.
Peter D. Rosenstein: Give 'em Hell Barack! Peter D. Rosenstein 2011
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As they barnstorm at unusual venues and tap revenue streams outside the security of the NBA, it is far from certain that their independent exhibitions are a financial success.
NBA Players Shoot for Global Tour Kevin Clark 2011
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It's a juicy name-dropping play in which John Gielgud gets a few good punch lines via stories retold by Tynan, but no one's going to barnstorm before adoring hordes with this prickly profile.
'Tynan': A show to please the critic Nelson Pressley 2011
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CANDIDATES BARNSTORM IOWA -- FEW, IF ANY, ACTUAL BARNS INVOLVED - To be fair, "barnstorm" sounds much nicer than "DrabHiltonConferenceRoomStorm."
HUFFPOST HILL - Republicans Prepare to Mark Four-Year Anniversary Of Mike Huckabee's Game-Changing Iowa Caucuses Victory Eliot Nelson 2012
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Jon Ward: Newt Gingrich accused his Republican primary opponents of 'reprehensible behavior' for running TV ads attacking him and his record, and said he will launch a 44-city bus tour to barnstorm Iowa before the Jan. 3 caucuses.
HUFFPOST HILL - House GOP Giving Its Own Legislation A Complex Eliot Nelson 2011
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When Michael Heseltine used to barnstorm from conference platforms, he was famous for his ability to stimulate the erogenous zones of an audience.
Why the conference season felt like three weeks in Lilliput | Andrew Rawnsley 2011
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