big-time
big-time is the alternative form of bigtime.
Meaning of bigtime
Adjective
bigtime (comparative more bigtime, superlative most bigtime)
- Of major significance or importance.
- Wait till you see your name in two-foot electrics over the front of every big-time house in the country.1918, Edna Ferber, “That’s Marriage”, in Cheerful—By Request, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., page 169
- Antonyms:
- small-time
Verb
big-time (third-person singular simple present big-times, present participle big-timing, simple past and past participle big-timed)
- To act superior to (someone), for example by talking down to them or ignoring them.
- "He never big-timed you. That's an example I've always tried to use."2006, Art Chansky, Blue Blood: Duke-Carolina: Inside the Most Storied Rivalry, page 285
- "You leave Micovi and you big-time me?" […] I wasn't big-timing you or ignoring you I guess I just lost track.2012[?], Scott Sigler, Galactic Football League Bundle
Forms of big-time
| third-person singular present | big-times |
|---|---|
| present participle | big-timing |
| past participle | big-timed |
| past | big-timed |
Phrases with big-time
Questions about big-time
- What does big-time mean?
- Big-time means to act superior to (someone), for example by talking down to them or ignoring them.
- What is big-time the alternative form of?
- Big-time is the alternative form of bigtime.
- What part of speech is big-time?
- Big-time is a verb.
- What is the past tense of big-time?
- The past tense of big-time is big-timed.
Words near big-time in the dictionary
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