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barnstormbarn‧storm /ˈbɑːnstɔːm $ ˈbɑːrnstɔːrm/ verb [intransitive] barnstormOrigin: 1800-1900 barn + storm ‘to attack’; from the performance of traveling actors in barns VERB TABLEbarnstorm |
Present | I, you, we, they | barnstorm | | he, she, it | barnstorms | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | barnstormed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have barnstormed | | he, she, it | has barnstormed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had barnstormed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will barnstorm | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have barnstormed |
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Present | I | am barnstorming | | he, she, it | is barnstorming | | you, we, they | are barnstorming | Past | I, he, she, it | was barnstorming | | you, we, they | were barnstorming | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been barnstorming | | he, she, it | has been barnstorming | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been barnstorming | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be barnstorming | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been barnstorming |
- He goes barnstorming, first on a shoestring.
- He took his teams on barnstorming tours, once selling out Yankee Stadium four consecutive years.
- If they are right, then Clinton, barnstorming to the end and almost hoarse, should do it.
- Maremont pushed aside his business and civic work and spent most of the early summer barnstorming through Illinois.
- Stephenson drew huge, rabid crowds on his barnstorming tours of the Indiana countryside.
- The Daily News is accompanying the fighters as they barnstorm across the country, joining them on planes provided by Caesars.
American English to travel from place to place making short stops to give political speeches, theatre performances, or aircraft flying shows—barnstormer noun [countable] |