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:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rosalia	ro-zah-LEE-ah (Italian)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Late Roman
Bethel	['beθəl]
Agurtzane	-	Basque
MuirÍN	-	Irish
Alexander	a-lig-ZAN-dər (English), ah-lek-SAHN-der (German), ah-lək-SAHN-dər (Dutch), AW-lek-sawn-der (Hungarian)	English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Hungarian, Slovak, Biblical, Ancient
Christoffel	kris-TAWF-fəl	Dutch (Archaic)