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Big \Big\ (b[i^]g), a. [Compar. Bigger; superl. Biggest.] [Perh. from Celtic; cf. W. beichiog, beichiawg, pregnant, with child, fr. baich burden, Arm. beac'h; or cf. OE. bygly, Icel. biggiligr, (properly) habitable; (then) magnigicent, excellent, fr. OE. biggen, Icel. byggja, to dwell, build, akin to E. be.] 1. Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large. "He's too Big to go in there." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively. [1913 Webster]
[Day] Big with the fate of Cato and of Rome. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
3. Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big heart; a Big voice; Big looks; to look Big. As applied to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride. [1913 Webster]
God hath not in heaven a bigger argument. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Note: Big is often used in self-explaining compounds; as, big-boned; Big-sounding; Big-named; Big-voiced. [1913 Webster]
To talk Big, to talk loudly, arrogantly, or pretentiously. [1913 Webster]
I talked Big to them at first. --De Foe. [1913 Webster]
Syn: Bulky; large; great; massive; gross. [1913 Webster] Big - Big \Big\, Bigg \Bigg\, v. t. [OE. biggen, fr. Icel. byggja to inhabit, to build, b?a (neut.) to dwell (active) to make ready. See Boor, and Bound.] To build. [Scot. & North of Eng. Dial.] --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
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Big \Big\, Bigg \Bigg\, n. [OE. bif, bigge; akin to Icel. bygg, Dan. byg, Sw. bjugg.] (Bot.) Barley, especially the hardy four-rowed kind. [1913 Webster]
"Bear interchanges in local use, now with barley, now with bigg." --New English Dict. [1913 Webster] Big - Big adv 1: extremely well; "his performance went over Big" 2: in a boastful manner; "he talked Big all evening" [syn: boastfully, vauntingly, Big, large] 3: on a grand scale; "think Big" [ant: small] 4: in a major way; "the play failed Big at the box office" adj 1: above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the Big city"; "a large sum"; "a Big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "Big businesses"; "a Big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a Big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world" [syn: large, Big] [ant: little, small] 2: significant; "graduation was a Big day in his life" 3: very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a Big rage"; "had a Big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm" [syn: bad, Big] 4: loud and firm; "a Big voice"; "Big bold piano sounds" 5: conspicuous in position or importance; "a Big figure in the movement"; "Big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen" [syn: Big, large, prominent] 6: prodigious; "Big spender"; "Big eater"; "heavy investor" [syn: Big(a), heavy(a)] 7: exhibiting self-importance; "Big talk" [syn: boastful, braggart(a), bragging(a), braggy, Big, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising] 8: feeling self-importance; "too Big for his britches"; "had a swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride" [syn: Big, swelled, vainglorious] 9: (of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown woman" [syn: adult, Big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup] 10: marked by intense physical force; "a Big wind" 11: generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart Big enough to hold no grudges"; "that's very Big of you to be so forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies" [syn: Big, large, magnanimous] 12: given or giving freely; "was a Big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather" [syn: Big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded] 13: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was Big with child"; "was great with child" [syn: Big(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p)]
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