| big end | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Compare little end Also called (in vertical engines): bottom end the larger end of a connecting rod in an internal-combustion engine |
| 2. | the bearing surface between the larger end of a connecting rod and the crankpin of the crankshaft |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |