the bigs
adjective
1.
large, as in size, height, width, or amount: a big house; a big quantity.
2.
of major concern, importance, gravity, or the like: a big problem.
3.
outstanding for a specified quality: a big liar; a big success.
4.
important, as in influence, standing, or wealth: a big man in his field.
5.
grown-up; mature: big enough to know better.
6.
elder: my big sister.
7.
doing business or conducted on a large scale; major in size or importance: big government.
8.
consisting of the largest or most influential companies in an industry: Big steel wants to lower prices, but the smaller mills don't.
9.
Informal. known or used widely; popular: Nouvelle cuisine became big in the 1970s.
10.
magnanimous; generous; kindly: big enough to forgive.
11.
boastful; pompous; pretentious; haughty: a big talker.
12.
loud; orotund: a big voice.
13.
(of clothing or a clothing design) made of or distinguished by voluminous fabric that is loosely or softly shaped and fitted: a big shirt; the big look.
14.
(of a wine) having more than average flavor, body, and alcoholic content.
15.
filled; brimming: eyes big with tears.
16.
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. pregnant.
17.
Obsolete. very strong; powerful.
adverb
18.
Informal. boastfully; pretentiously: to act big; to talk big.
19.
Informal. with great success; successfully: to go over big.
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noun
Idioms 20.
the bigs, Sports Slang. the highest level of professional competition, as the major leagues in baseball.
21.
be big on, to have a special liking or enthusiasm for: Mother is big on family get-togethers.
22.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English big(ge) < ?
1250–1300; Middle English big(ge) < ?
Related forms
big·gish, adjective
big·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. huge, immense; bulky, massive; capacious, voluminous; extensive. See great. 4. consequential. 15. overflowing, flooded.
1. huge, immense; bulky, massive; capacious, voluminous; extensive. See great. 4. consequential. 15. overflowing, flooded.
Antonyms
1. little.
1. little.
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big1 (bɪɡ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj , bigger, biggest | |
| 1. | of great or considerable size, height, weight, number, power, or capacity |
| 2. | having great significance; important: a big decision |
| 3. | important through having power, influence, wealth, authority, etc: the big four banks |
| 4. | (intensifier usually qualifying something undesirable): a big dope |
| 5. | informal considerable in extent or intensity (esp in the phrase in a big way) |
| 6. | a. elder: my big brother |
| b. grown-up: when you're big, you can stay up later | |
| 7. | a. generous; magnanimous: that's very big of you |
| b. (in combination): big-hearted | |
| 8. | ( |
| 9. | extravagant; boastful: he's full of big talk |
| 10. | (of wine) full-bodied, with a strong aroma and flavour |
| 11. | too big for one's boots, too big for one's breeches conceited; unduly self-confident |
| 12. | in an advanced stage of pregnancy (esp in the phrase big with child) |
| 13. | informal big on enthusiastic about: that company is big on research |
| —adv | |
| 14. | boastfully; pretentiously (esp in the phrase talk big) |
| 15. | in an exceptional way; well: his talk went over big with the audience |
| 16. | on a grand scale (esp in the phrase think big) |
| [C13: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian dialect bugge big man] | |
| 'biggish1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'bigness1 | |
| —n | |
| big2 (bɪɡ) | |
| —vb , bigs, bigging, bigged, bug | |
| 1. | to build |
| 2. | to excavate (earth) into a pile |
| [from Old Norse byggja; related to Old English būian to inhabit] | |
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Word Origin & History
big
c.1300, northern England dialect, "powerful, strong," of unknown origin, possibly from a Scandinavian source (cf. Norwegian dial. bugge "great man"). O.E. used micel in many of the same senses. Meaning "of great size" is late 14c.; that of "grown up" is attested from 1550s. Sense of "important" is from
1570s. Big band as a musical style is from 1926. Slang big head "conceit" is first recorded 1850. Big business is 1905; big house "penitentiary" is U.S. underworld slang first attested 1915 (in London, "a workhouse," 1851). In financial journalism, big ticket items so called from 1956. Big lie is from Hitler's grosse lüge.
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