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Noun (1)

big (plural bigs)

1. 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.2019, Derrick Rose, Sam Smith, I'll Show You
2. An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.

   Synonyms:

   big shot

3. (in 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 June 23, Michelle Boorstein, “Ballclub’s Pullout Caps Va. Town’s Run of Woes; Struggling Martinsville No Longer Celebrates Its Boys of Summer”, in Washington Post

   Synonyms:

   big leagues

4. (university slang) 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.2018, Kelly Ann Gonzales, Through an Opaque Window
5. The participant in age roleplay who acts out the older role.

   Antonyms:

   little

Noun (2)

big (uncountable)

1. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal) One or more kinds of barley, especially six-rowed barley.
   • 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 he started - the wind arose - the corn was chopped - the...1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 167

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