Barnstorm

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Barnstorm \Barn"storm`\, v. i. & t. [Barn + storm, v.]
     1. To travel from place to place, making brief stops.
        [PJC]
  
     2. To fly an airplane from place to place, usually at small
        airports, doing flying stunts or flying passengers for


        sightseeing, for the purpose of earning money.
        [PJC]
  
     3. to tour the country to solicit votes.
  
     Syn: whistlestop.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  barnstorm
       v 1: appear at county fairs and carnevals as a stunt flier and
            parachute jumper
       2: tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures,
          or presenting plays; "The presidential candidates are busy
          barnstorming this month"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "barnstorm":
     act, act as foil, appear, come out, control, copilot, drive, emote,
     emotionalize, fly, get top billing, manipulate, mime, pantomime,
     patter, peel off, perform, pilot, play, play the lead, playact,
     register, sketch, solo, star, steal the show, stooge,
     tread the boards, troupe, upstage