English noun: barnburner | |||
1. | barnburner (person) someone who burns down a barn | ||
Broader (hypernym) | arsonist, firebug, incendiary | ||
2. | barnburner (event) an impressively successful event | ||
Samples | The rock concert was a real barnburner. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | success | ||
Domain usage | colloquialism | ||