Barnstorm

Quick meaning: Barnstorm is a verb meaning To travel around the countryside making political speeches etc.

Meaning

To travel around the countryside making political speeches etc.

More Meanings

1. (US) To appear at fairs and carnivals in exhibitions of stunt flying, sporting events, or theater.
2. (US, of a sports team) To travel from town to town performing in front of small crowds.
3. A series of appearances in small country towns, as by a politician or a travelling theatre group.

Example Sentences

A pair of red boxing gloves dangles in the cabin of John N. Turner's plane as he barnstorms across Canada campaigning for the general election Nov. 21.

He also noted that “we’re in the business of promoting the game” in the United States, which is a task surely helped by the national team’s barnstorming persona.

A day after the end of an often contentious Republican State Convention, the party's endorsed candidates for governor and lieutenant governor barnstormed across the state today, talking with reporters, meeting supporters and chanting their campaign mantra: "It's Mario Cuomo's fault."

Word Forms

• barnstorms
• barnstorming
• barnstormed

Synonyms for barnstorm

Depending on context, synonyms include whistlestop.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include whistlestop, stump, itinerate, whistle-stop, roadshow, knock about.

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