English Dictionary

barnburner

noun

(idiomatic) An extremely exciting or successful event or person. / One who burns down a barn. / (slang, chiefly Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, Maryland) a strike-anywhere match.

The political debate was a real barnburner.

意味（1）

(idiomatic) An extremely exciting or successful event or person.

Those deathless twin barnburners return to the Metropolitan Opera tonight.

意味（2）

One who burns down a barn.

意味（3）

(slang, chiefly Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, Maryland) a strike-anywhere match.