What is Barn Burner?
1.
An exciting sports match that is competitive to the very end.
That Duke-UNC basketball game was a real
barn burner ! I didn't know who was going to win!
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2.
a big dramatic disagreement, a shouting match, or a knockdown dragdown fight.
When Mary caught Sue with her husband, they had a barn burner of a fight.
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3.
The epitome of excellence. Often used as a noun, or given as a nickname to those who are at the pinnacle of perfection in the given field.
(In a hockey setting...)
"Did you just see the Barn Burner dump that puck in?! That was the best dump I have ever seen!!"
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4.
when one team beats the nothing out of another team so bad that its really friggin embarassing and everyone laughs at them.
Man you shoulda seen the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Cowboys got romped nasty! It was a barn burner like no other!
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