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Big Foot

–noun
a very large, hairy, humanoid creature reputed to inhabit wilderness areas of the U.S. and Canada, esp. the Pacific Northwest.
Also, Bigfoot.
Also called Sasquatch.


Origin:
1960–65; so called from the size of its alleged footprints

big⋅foot

[big-foot] noun, plural -feet, ‑foots, verb Slang.
–noun
1. a prominent or influential person, esp. a journalist or news analyst.
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
2. to assert one's authority or influence (over): lobbyists bigfooting around the Senate; a reporter bigfooted by a senior correspondent.

Origin:
1975–80, Americanism; after Big Foot
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Big·foot   (bĭg'fŏŏt')   
n.  A very large, hairy, humanlike creature purported to inhabit the Pacific Northwest and Canada. Also called Sasquatch.

[From the size of the footprints believed to belong to it.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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