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barnstorm
verb barn·storm \ˈbärn-ˌstȯrm\
: to travel to different places to give speeches, perform shows, etc.
Full Definition of BARNSTORM
intransitive verb
1
: to tour through rural districts staging usually theatrical performances
2
: to travel from place to place making brief stops (as in a political campaign or a promotional tour)
3
: to pilot one's airplane in sight-seeing flights with passengers or in exhibition stunts in an unscheduled course especially in rural districts
transitive verb
: to travel across while barnstorming
— barn·storm·er noun
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First Known Use of BARNSTORM
1883
Rhymes with BARNSTORM
art form, aswarm, brainstorm, by-form, by storm, conform, deform, Delorme, dust storm, firestorm, free-form, hailstorm, ice storm, inform, L-form, landform, life-form, line storm, lukewarm, perform, planform, platform, preform, rainstorm, re-form, reform, sandstorm, slip form, snowstorm, transform, triform, waveform, windstorm
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