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Definition big

Etymology 1

From a northern Middle English dialectal term big, bigge (“powerful, strong”), of unknown origin, possibly from a dialect of Old Norse. Compare dialectal Norwegian bugge (“great man”).

Adjective

big (comparative bigger, superlative biggest)

  1. Of great size, large.
  2. (of an industry or other field, often capitalized) Thought to have undue influence.
  3. Popular.
  4. (informal) Adult.
  5. (informal) Fat.
  6. (informal) Important or significant.
  7. (informal, with on) Enthusiastic (about).
  8. (informal, transitive with of) Mature, conscientious, principled; generous.
  9. (informal) Well-endowed, possessing large breasts in the case of a woman or a large penis in the case of a man.
  10. (sometimes figuratively) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
  11. (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns
  12. (of a city) populous
  13. (informal, slang, of somebody's age) old, mature. Used to imply that somebody is too old for something, or acting immaturely.
Adverb

big (comparative bigger, superlative biggest)

  1. In a loud manner.
  2. In a boasting manner.
  3. In a large amount or to a large extent.
  4. On a large scale, expansively.
  5. Hard.
Noun

big (plural bigs)

  1. Someone or something that is large in stature
  2. An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
  3. (as plural) The big leagues, big time.
  4. (BDSM, slang) The participant in ageplay who acts out the older role.
Verb

big (third-person singular simple present bigs, present participle bigging, simple past and past participle bigged) (up)

  1. (transitive) To praise, recommend, or promote.

Etymology 2

From Middle English biggen, byggen, from Old Norse byggja, byggva (“to build, dwell in, inhabit”), a secondary form of Old Norse búa (“to dwell”), related to Old English b?an (“to dwell”). Cognate with Danish bygge, Swedish bygga.

Verb

big (third-person singular simple present bigs, present participle bigging, simple past and past participle bigged)

  1. (transitive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to inhabit; occupy
  2. (reflexive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to locate oneself
  3. (transitive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to build; erect; fashion
  4. (intransitive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to dwell; have a dwelling

Etymology 3

From Middle English byge, from Old Norse bygg (“barley, probably Hordeum vulgare, common barley”), from Proto-Germanic *bewwuz (“crop, barley”). Cognate with Old English b?ow (“barley”).

Noun

big (uncountable)

  1. One or more kinds of barley, especially six-rowed barley.

Results 435 Words with the letters BIG

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7 letter words with the letters BIG 
6 letter words with the letters BIG 
ABYING 14
AIRBAG 11
BAAING 12
BAGGIE 13
BAGNIO 12
BAGWIG 16
BAKING 16
BALING 13
BANING 13
BARING 12
BASING 12
BATING 12
BAYING 14
BEGINS 12
BEGIRD 12
BEGIRT 11
BEGRIM 14
BEIGES 11
BEINGS 12
BENIGN 13
BEWIGS 14
BIDING 13
BIGAMY 16
BIGEYE 13
BIGGER 13
BIGGIE 13
BIGGIN 14
BIGHTS 13
BIGOTS 11
BIGWIG 16
BIKING 16
BILGED 13
BILGES 12
BINGED 13
BINGER 12
BINGES 12
BINGOS 12
BIOGAS 11
BIOGEN 12
BITING 12
BLIGHT 14
BLUING 14
BODING 13
BOGIES 11
BONING 13
BOOGIE 11
BOOING 12
BORING 12
BOUGIE 12
BOWING 15
BOXING 19
BRIDGE 12
BRIGHT 13
BRINGS 12
BUDGIE 13
BUSING 13
BUYING 15
CUBING 16
EBBING 15
GABIES 11
GABION 12
GAMBIA 14
GAMBIR 14
GAMBIT 14
GERBIL 12
GHIBLI 14
GIBBED 15
GIBBER 14
GIBBET 14
GIBBON 15
GIBERS 11
GIBING 14
GIBLET 12
GIBSON 12
GIMBAL 15
GLIBLY 15
GLOBIN 13
GOBIES 11
GOBLIN 13
GYBING 16
JIBING 21
OBLIGE 12
ORBING 12
ROBING 12
RUBIGO 12
TUBING 13
5 letter words with the letters BIG 
BEGIN 11
BEIGE 10
BEIGY 12
BEING 11
BEWIG 13
BIGHT 12
BIGLY 13
BIGOT 10
BILGE 11
BILGY 13
BINGE 11
BINGO 11
BLING 12
BOGIE 10
BOING 11
BRIGS 10
BRING 11
GIBED 11
GIBER 10
GIBES 10
4 letter words with the letters BIG 
BIGA 9
BIGS 9
BIOG 9
BRIG 9
GIBE 9
GIBS 9
GLIB 10
3 letter words with the letters BIG 
BIG 8
GIB 8
2 letter words with the letters BIG 
BI 5
GI 4

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