barnstorm

1. To travel through small towns performing theatrical shows. Back in the day, my parents' band was known to barnstorm throughout the Midwest.

2. To entertain small towns with stunt flying. There's nothing to do around here but watch guys barnstorm in their old planes.

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

barnstorm

1. tv. & in. [for an entertainer] to perform in small towns for short engagements. My great-uncle used to barnstorm Kansas and Oklahoma with his medicine show.

2. in. to perform stunts in a biplane in small towns. (Presumably swooping around barns.) The old biplane we used to barnstorm with is the safest plane ever built.

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See also:

be on song
highways and byways
camp it up
be in the limelight
in the limelight
lime
limelight
out of/in the limelight
out of the limelight
opera

References in periodicals archive

(3) Musicians and other entertainers also barnstormed during those years, and one group of country musicians in the 1940s and early 1950s featured a baseball team who played local competition.

Barnstorming, baseball, and bluegrass music

John Otto blames the changing tone of the primary season for not running again, a Cruz super PAC mines a Boehner insult for fundraising and Ozzy barnstorms Texas - all that and more in the latest issue of our subscriber-only newsletter for political insiders ($).

New in Texas Weekly: Otto Laments Changed Primary Tone

The "singing solicitor" buttoned down to his braces and bare feet and barnstormed the venue with ballads from his debut album - says the publicity blurb.

At the Hard Rock Cafe

Part baseball club, part circus act, the team that would become the Indianapolis-Cincinnati Clowns barnstormed around America for the better part of four decades.

Barnstorming to Heaven: Syd Pollock and His Great Black Teams

That set up a pulsating finish and Ipoua barnstormed his way through the middle of Wigan's defence to hammer a superb shot into the top corner.

Hayles sets a hot pace; BRISTOL ROVERS 3 WIGAN 2

Since then the Southampton heroes have played all the big festivals, barnstormed a sell-out US tour and even gigged in a Mexican bullring.

music: DELAYS Everything's The Rush (Fiction)

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释义	barnstorm barnstorm 1. To travel through small towns performing theatrical shows. Back in the day, my parents' band was known to barnstorm throughout the Midwest. 2. To entertain small towns with stunt flying. There's nothing to do around here but watch guys barnstorm in their old planes. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. barnstorm 1. tv. & in. [for an entertainer] to perform in small towns for short engagements. My great-uncle used to barnstorm Kansas and Oklahoma with his medicine show. 2. in. to perform stunts in a biplane in small towns. (Presumably swooping around barns.) The old biplane we used to barnstorm with is the safest plane ever built. McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: be on song highways and byways camp it up be in the limelight in the limelight lime limelight out of/in the limelight out of the limelight opera References in periodicals archive (3) Musicians and other entertainers also barnstormed during those years, and one group of country musicians in the 1940s and early 1950s featured a baseball team who played local competition. Barnstorming, baseball, and bluegrass music John Otto blames the changing tone of the primary season for not running again, a Cruz super PAC mines a Boehner insult for fundraising and Ozzy barnstorms Texas - all that and more in the latest issue of our subscriber-only newsletter for political insiders ($). New in Texas Weekly: Otto Laments Changed Primary Tone The "singing solicitor" buttoned down to his braces and bare feet and barnstormed the venue with ballads from his debut album - says the publicity blurb. At the Hard Rock Cafe Part baseball club, part circus act, the team that would become the Indianapolis-Cincinnati Clowns barnstormed around America for the better part of four decades. Barnstorming to Heaven: Syd Pollock and His Great Black Teams That set up a pulsating finish and Ipoua barnstormed his way through the middle of Wigan's defence to hammer a superb shot into the top corner. Hayles sets a hot pace; BRISTOL ROVERS 3 WIGAN 2 Since then the Southampton heroes have played all the big festivals, barnstormed a sell-out US tour and even gigged in a Mexican bullring. music: DELAYS Everything's The Rush (Fiction)
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