Definitions for big-league

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Spelling: [big-leeg]

IPA: /ˈbɪgˈlig/

Big-League is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 203 anagrams from letters in big-league (-abeeggilu).

Definitions for big-league

noun

1. Sports. major league.
2. Often, big leagues. Informal. the area of greatest competition, highest achievement or rewards, etc.:

adjective

1. Sports. of or belonging to a major league:
2. Informal. among the largest, foremost, etc., of its kind:

Origin of big-league

First recorded in 1895-1900; adj. use of big league

Examples for big-league

He knew the general rules of big-league baseball, but the kid-business of stickball did not register.

big-league fielders did not wait till the ball was high in the air before running to get under it.

Probably it will wear off when they get a little better used to big-league company.

But youre in big-league company now, and the wise birds on the other teams get on to you at once.

Down here, the big-league dreams of the players are still just far-off lights on the horizon.

That a big-league player could be caught by a trick that was as old as the hills seemed almost incredible.