barnburner
English
noun
Definitions
- (idiomatic) An extremely exciting or successful event or person.
- One who burns down a barn.
- (slang) a strike-anywhere match.
Etymology
Compound from English barn + English burner.
Origin
English
burner
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterburner English
- attobarn English
- backburner English
- barn English
- barn door English
- barnboard English
- barndoor English
- barnfloor English
- barnful English
- barnie English
- barnless English
- barnlike English
- barnraising English
- barnstar English
- barnstorm English
- barnwood English
- barnyard English
- baseburner English
- burn English
- burner English
- carbarn English
- embarn English
- femtobarn English
- haybarn English
- hellburner English
- housebarn English
- hyperburner English
- imbarn English
- kilobarn English
- log-burner English
- megabarn English
- microbarn English
- millibarn English
- nanobarn English
- picobarn English
- playbarn English
- preburner English
- rickburner English
- roadburner English
- show barn English
- zeptobarn English
- barn Italian
- バーナー Japanese
- bern Middle English
- barn
- burn
- barnie
- imbarn
- burner
- embarn
- barnful
- haybarn
- carbarn
- barnlike
- nanobarn
- barnstar
- picobarn
- kilobarn
- barndoor
- barnless
- playbarn
- barnwood
- megabarn
- barnyard
- attobarn
- femtobarn
- microbarn
- show barn
- millibarn
- barn door
- zeptobarn
- barnstorm
- barnboard
- barnfloor
- housebarn
- preburner
- backburner
- roadburner
- baseburner
- rickburner
- log-burner
- hellburner
- barnraising
- afterburner
- hyperburner