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big-ass

big-ass adjective: very large; especially, very large and also expansive, fat, impressive, muscular, intimidating, or important.

Adjective

big-ass (comparative more big-ass, superlative most big-ass)

  1. (slang, vulgar) Very large; especially, very large and also expansive, fat, impressive, muscular, intimidating, or important.
    • A: That's one big-ass sandwich you've got there. Where'd you get that thing? B: From the deli on Main Street.
    • It had two big sliding doors and the whole front was a mirror, one big ass mirror jim.1978, Hubert Selby, Requiem for a dream: a novel, page 155

Synonyms of big-ass

Forms of big-ass

comparativemore big-ass
superlativemost big-ass
alternative formbigass
alternative formbig ass

Origin of big-ass

From big + -ass.

Questions about big-ass

What does big-ass mean?
Big-ass means very large; especially, very large and also expansive, fat, impressive, muscular, intimidating, or important.
What part of speech is big-ass?
Big-ass is an adjective.

Words near big-ass in the dictionary

  1. big years
  2. big yikes
  3. big yus
  4. big, fat, hairy deal
  5. big, fat, hairy deals
  6. big-ass
  7. big-body
  8. big-boned
  9. big-boob
  10. big-box
  11. big-box store

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