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
LjubicaLYOO-bee-tsah (Serbian, Croatian)Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene
January['dʒænjuəri]
Vester-Danish
Sophieso-FEE (French), SO-fee (English), ZO-fee (German)French, English, German, Dutch
Cesarinache-sah-REE-nahItalian
Avinash-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada