big
/bɪɡ/ adverb C2- In a loud manner.
- In a boasting manner. · He's always talking big, but he never delivers.
- In a large amount or to a large extent. · He won big betting on the croquet championship.
- (modifying a preposition) · I've always been big into sport, but I'm especially big into football.
- On a large scale, expansively. · You've got to think big to succeed at Amalgamated Plumbing.
- Hard; with great force. · He hit him big and the guy just crumpled.
Comparative bigger · Superlative biggest
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Toward evening they came to a great forest, where the trees grew so big and close together that their branches met over the road of yellow brick.
The houses of the Munchkins were odd-looking dwellings, for each was round, with a big dome for a roof.
Five little fiddlers played as loudly as possible, and the people were laughing and singing, while a big table near by was loaded with delicious fruits and nuts, pies and cakes, and many other good things to eat.
At once the cap changed to a slate, on which was written in big, white chalk marks:
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