big game

[ big geym ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

large wild animals, especially when hunted for sport:
Expensive vacation packages to hunt big game like leopards or elephants in Africa are marketed almost exclusively to wealthy foreign tourists.
large fish, as tuna and marlin, when sought by deep-sea anglers:
Participants in the sport fishing tournament regularly return to shore with big game exceeding 200 pounds.
a major objective, especially one that involves risk:
The merger shows their commitment to the big game, in a market where half measures just won’t pay off.

Big Game

[ big geym ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

, Football.

Usually the Big Game []. an alternate name for the Super Bowl, used in advertising by brands that are not official sponsors and therefore do not have permission to use the trademarked name of the NFL championship game:
The best time to buy a new television is in late January, during sales promotions for the Big Game.

big game

First recorded in 1860–65

Mr Anderson Wheeler travelled from Tanzania where he works as a big game hunter to give evidence yesterday.

Gin rummy was his big game and he fraternized with high rollers like Minnesota Fats and Dean Chance.

But he fell out of favour when it was revealed he had been on a big-game hunting safari.

In 1919, his team had good odds against the Cincinnati Reds in the big game, but suffered defeat.

And two UK Wildcats embracing as they win what was evidently a big game, cuz there are streamers in the background.

A stone slung might kill a bird or even a man, but it was not very effective against big game.

There is lots of food for reverie when one is going against big game for the first time.

Joseph, less iron-nerved than the great big-game hunter, was awake and astir with the dawn.

He will hunt big game, and when hungry will not hesitate to attack man.

My wife is still in the hills, and we can talk big game without fear of boring the other sex.

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