Definitions for big
big
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Spelling: [big]
IPA: /bɪg/
Big is a 3 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 12 anagrams from letters in big (bgi).
Definitions for big
noun
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the bigs, Sports Slang. the highest level of professional competition, as the major leagues in baseball.
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bigg1 .
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four-rowed barley.
Idioms
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be big on, to have a special liking or enthusiasm for:
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big with child. great (def 23).
adverb
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Informal. boastfully; pretentiously:
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Informal. with great success; successfully:
adjective
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large, as in size, height, width, or amount:
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of major concern, importance, gravity, or the like:
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outstanding for a specified quality:
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important, as in influence, standing, or wealth:
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grown-up; mature:
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elder:
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doing business or conducted on a large scale; major in size or importance:
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consisting of the largest or most influential companies in an industry:
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Informal. known or used widely; popular:
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magnanimous; generous; kindly:
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boastful; pompous; pretentious; haughty:
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loud; orotund:
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(of clothing or a clothing design) made of or distinguished by voluminous fabric that is loosely or softly shaped and fitted:
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(of a wine) having more than average flavor, body, and alcoholic content.
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filled; brimming:
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Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. pregnant.
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Obsolete. very strong; powerful.
verb (used with object)
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to build.
Origin of big
1250-1300; Middle English big(ge)
Examples for big
Their three-day scientific outing was paid for by Epstein and was big success.
I've often thought I'd go into some of these big operations here.
I saw 'em fur years, with a big cuttin' out to show the cross-section.
And there was big, handsome, Eddie Arledge, whose father had treated him shabbily.
Can't tell; you don't know how big pills she's been smokin'.
The big slug happened to hit the suspect in the street, passing through his arm and then striking Police Officer Andrew Dossi.
In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.
The big Five banks dubbed too big to fail, are 35 percent bigger than they were when the meltdown was triggered.
I really wanted Trenchmouth to succeed and at the time wished we were as big as Green Day.
She's one of the build that aren't so big as they look, nor yet so small as they look.