Definition of "barnstorm" [barn•storm]

• To travel around the countryside making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting theatrical performances. (verb-intransitive)
• To appear at county fairs and carnivals in exhibitions of stunt flying and parachute jumping. (verb-intransitive)
• To travel around an area appearing in exhibition sports events, especially baseball games. (verb-intransitive)
• To travel across while barnstorming. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "When he was campaigning, he would barnstorm across the state, delivering ten or twelve speeches a day."
• "As they barnstorm at unusual venues and tap revenue streams outside the security of the NBA, it is far from certain that their independent exhibitions are a financial success."
• "It's a juicy name-dropping play in which John Gielgud gets a few good punch lines via stories retold by Tynan, but no one's going to barnstorm before adoring hordes with this prickly profile."