big

adjective16

1. •
   large in size

   • Elephants are big animals, and they eat a lot.
2. •
   Populous.
3. •
   (informal) Fat.

   • Gosh, she is big!
4. •
   (informal) Important or significant.

   • What's so big about that? I do it all the time.
5. •
   (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns

   • You are a big liar.
   • Why are you in such a big hurry?
6. •
   Popular.

   • That style is very big right now in Europe, especially among teenagers.
7. •
   (informal) Adult; (of a child) older.

   • Kids should get help from big people if they want to use the kitchen.
   • We were just playing, and then some big kids came and chased us away.
8. •
   (informal, slang) Old, mature. Used to imply that someone is too old for something, or acting immaturely.

   • I don't think so, if you're shouting at people across the playground at your big age. — 2020
9. •
   Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence.

   • There were concerns about the ethics of big pharma.
   • Why are you so enthusiastic about putting cantaloupe in your smoothie? Did Big Melon buy you off? [humorous]
10. •
    (informal) Enthusiastic (about).

    • I'm not big on the idea, but if you want to go ahead with it, I won't stop you.
11. •
    (informal) Mature, conscientious, principled; generous.

    • That's very big of you; thank you!
    • I tried to be the bigger person and just let it go, but I couldn't help myself.
12. •
    (informal) Well-endowed; with a desired body part notably large.
13. •
    (informal) Specifically, big-breasted.
14. •
    (informal) Having a large penis.

    • I'm the shortest man on the team but in the gym shower everyone can see that I'm also the biggest.
15. •
    (informal) Having large muscles, especially visible ones such as the chest and arm muscles.

    • I've been lifting weights for a full year now, but I'm finally getting big.
16. •
    (figurative) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.

    • She was big with child.

adverb6

1. •
   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!
2. •
   (informal) (modifying a preposition)

   • I've always been big into sport, but I'm especially big into football.
3. •
   On a large scale, expansively.

   • You've got to think big to succeed at Amalgamated Plumbing.
4. •
   In a boasting manner.

   • He's always talking big, but he never delivers.
5. •
   (informal) Hard; with great force.

   • He hit him big and the guy just crumpled.
6. •
   In a loud manner.

noun6

1. •
   Someone or something that is large in stature.
2. •
   An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
3. •
   [in the plural] 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. — 2004
4. •
   An initiated member of a sorority or fraternity who acts as a mentor to a new member (the little).

   • 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. — 2019
5. •
   The participant in age roleplay who acts out the older role.
6. •
   One or more kinds of barley, especially six-rowed barley.

verb4

1. •
   (dialect, no longer used) To inhabit; occupy.
2. •
   (dialect, no longer used) To dwell; have a dwelling.
3. •
   (dialect, no longer used) To build; erect; fashion.

   • Don't big it up.
4. •
   [with oneself] (dialect, no longer used) To locate oneself.

noun1

1. •
   A biological insulation garment; an air-tight, full-body suit intended to prevent the spread of contaminants.

phrase1

1. •
   Abbreviation of business is a game.