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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)
- Of great size, large.
- (of an industry or other field, often capitalized) Thought to have undue influence.
- Popular.
- (informal) Adult.
- (informal) Fat.
- (informal) Important or significant.
- (informal, with on) Enthusiastic (about).
- (informal, transitive with of) Mature, conscientious, principled; generous.
- (informal) Well-endowed, possessing large breasts in the case of a woman or a large penis in the case of a man.
- (sometimes figuratively) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns
- (of a city) populous
- (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)
- In a loud manner.
- In a boasting manner.
- In a large amount or to a large extent.
- On a large scale, expansively.
- Hard.
Noun
big (plural bigs)
- Someone or something that is large in stature
- An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
- (as plural) The big leagues, big time.
- (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)
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)
- (transitive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to inhabit; occupy
- (reflexive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to locate oneself
- (transitive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to build; erect; fashion
- (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)
- One or more kinds of barley, especially six-rowed barley.
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