barn-burning
adjective
barn-burn·ing
chiefly US, informal
: very energetic and impassioned
a barn-burning orator
barn-burning performances
: prolonged and exciting … he thought the market would begin a barn-burning rally as the leading world economies showed signs of life.
Robert Hurtado, New York Times, 18 June 1993
Robert Hurtado, New York Times, 18 June 1993Canada sneaked past the United States 69–62 in a barn-burning semi-final that went to double overtime … Will Swanton, The Age (Melbourne, Australia), 16 Sept. 2008
Will Swanton, The Age (Melbourne, Australia), 16 Sept. 2008
Word History
First Known Use
1965, in the meaning defined above