barnburner



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barnburner

Any thing, event, or occasion that is especially exciting, impressive, and/or successful. I had so much fun at Jonathan's bachelor party last night; it was a real barnburner! The majority of the game was rather lackluster, but it was a barnburner in the final quarter.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ViÊN-Vietnamese
MahİR-Turkish
ThaddeusTHAD-ee-əs (English)English, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Arik-Hebrew
FlipFLIPDutch
Mcgill[mə'gil]