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How to pronounce barnburner in English?

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Type Words
Type of success


the rock concert was a real barnburner.
Type Words
Type of arsonist, firebug, incendiary

Examples of barnburner

barnburner
It's a barnburner of a regional and the sectional only gets tougher from there.
From the stltoday.com
Fans of Friday's North Chicago at Grant game might be expecting a barnburner.
From the dailyherald.com
Glenbard West edged Libertyville 17-16 in a barnburner opening playoff game.
From the dailyherald.com
While it has come back, Legg's flagship is nowhere near the barnburner it used to be.
From the forbes.com
Lucent's spin-off of Agere, for instance, wasn't exactly a barnburner.
From the businessweek.com
It is no barnburner either, but it motivates the Durango well enough.
From the latimes.com
After a chaotic week, the fight night promises to be a barnburner.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The way these two fight, this could be a real barnburner, one that could be decided in the first half.
From the dailynews.com
This game was a barnburner as both teams reached triple digits in Sylmar's 106-101 overtime victory.
From the dailynews.com
More examples
  • Someone who burns down a barn
  • An impressively successful event; "the rock concert was a real barnburner"
  • The Barnburners were the more radical faction of the New York state Democratic Party in the mid 19th century. ...
  • A barnburner is a very good fight. One that is very intense and exciting, a real nail-biter. A fight that is so close it's hard to predict who will come out the winner until seconds before it ends.
  • A really good poker hand