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Definition of: big
(big) adjective big·ger, big·gest
1. Of great size, amount, or intensity; large; bulky.
2. Fruitful; pregnant.
3. Full to overflowing; teeming.
4. Puffed up; pompous.
5. Important: a big day in his life.
6. Generous; magnanimous. See synonyms under LARGE.
—adjective Colloq. Pompously; extravagantly: to talk big. [ME; origin uncertain]
—big′gish adjective
—big′ly adverb
—big′ness noun
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