big

Of great size, large.

• Elephants are big animals, and they eat a lot.

Of great size, large.; Fat.informal

• Gosh, she is big!

Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.figurativelysometimes

• She was big with child.

Well-endowed; with a desired body part notably large.; Specifically, big-breasted.informal

Well-endowed; with a desired body part notably large.; Having a large penis.informal

• I'm the shortest man on the team but in the gym shower everyone can see that I'm also the biggest.

Well-endowed; with a desired body part notably large.; Having large muscles, especially visible ones such as the chest and arm muscles.informal

• I've been lifting weights for a full year now, but I'm finally getting big.

Adult; (of a child) older.informal

• 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.

Adult; (of a child) older.; Old, mature. Used to imply that someone is too old for something, or acting immaturely.informalrareslang

• I don't think so, if you're shouting at people across the playground at your big age.

Mature, conscientious, principled; generous.informal

• 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.

Important or significant.informal

• What's so big about that? I do it all the time.

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.
• Don't miss our November sale — it's your last chance to save big before Christmas!

In a large amount or to a large extent.; (modifying a preposition)informal

• 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.colloquial

• He hit him big and the guy just crumpled.

Someone or something that is large in stature.

• You could throw out everything else, but I had the speed to split double-teams. Like, go at double-teams numerous times in a possession, on consecutive possessions where I'm testing your endurance, your bigs.

An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.

The big leagues, big time.in-plural

• 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.

An initiated member of a sorority or fraternity who acts as a mentor to a new member (the little).

• He was there the night of Cristoph's party. All the littles were assigned to their bigs. Ian and Christoph had rushed the same fraternity. When they became upperclassmen, they both ended up on the board.
• 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.

The participant in age roleplay who acts out the older role.

To inhabit; occupy.Northern-EnglandScotlandUK

To locate oneself.Northern-EnglandScotlandUK

To build; erect; fashion.Northern-EnglandScotlandUK

• Don't big it up.

To dwell; have a dwelling.Northern-EnglandScotlandUK

One or more kinds of barley, especially six-rowed barley.Northern-EnglandScotlandUK

• The poor lass was sitting bemoaning herself - "Were it nae for thy girning face, I would knock the big, winnow the corn, and grun the meal," - "Lowse the cradle-band," said the child, "and tent the neighbours, and I'll work yere work." Up h