big

UK /bɪɡ/ US /bɪɡ/
noun 7adj 5adv 5verb 4phrase 1

Definitions

adj

1

Of great size, large.

Elephants are big animals, and they eat a lot.

The big houses, and there are a good many of them, lie for the most part in what may be called by courtesy the valleys. You catch a glimpse of them sometimes at a little distance from the [railway] line,[…], with their court of farm and church and clustered village, in dignified seclusion.

2

Of great size, large.

Gosh, she is big!

3

Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.

She was big with child.

The Dawn is over-caſt, the Morning low’rs, And heavily in Clouds brings on the Day, The great, th’ important Day; big with the Fate Of Cato and of Rome.

4

Well-endowed; with a desired body part notably large.

5

Well-endowed; with a desired body part notably large.

I'm the shortest man on the team but in the gym shower everyone can see that I'm also the biggest.

adv

1

In a loud manner.

2

In a boasting manner.

He's always talking big, but he never delivers.

3

In a large amount or to a large extent.

He won big betting on the croquet championship.

Don't miss our November sale — it's your last chance to save big before Christmas!

4

In a large amount or to a large extent.

I've always been big into sport, but I'm especially big into football.

5

On a large scale, expansively.

You've got to think big to succeed at Amalgamated Plumbing.

'You've got to put it over big,' he was saying in a loud nasal voice.

noun

1

Someone or something that is large in stature.

You could throw out everything else, but I had the speed to split double-teams. Like, go at double-teams numerous times in a possession, on consecutive possessions where I'm testing your endurance, your bigs.

2

An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.

3

The big leagues, big time.

In the Appalachian League, where Cal Ripken once played in Bluefield, W.Va., a ballplayer's chances of making it to the bigs are less than one in six.

4

An initiated member of a sorority or fraternity who acts as a mentor to a new member (the little).

He was there the night of Cristoph's party. All the littles were assigned to their bigs. Ian and Christoph had rushed the same fraternity. When they became upperclassmen, they both ended up on the board.

She added that the relationship between bigs and littles is "what each pair makes of it," and that a lot of the pairs often get dinner together and become close friends.

5

The participant in age roleplay who acts out the older role.

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