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big-timing

big-timing is the present participle and gerund of big-time.

Meaning of big-time

Verb

big-time (third-person singular simple present big-times, present participle big-timing, simple past and past participle big-timed)

  1. (informal, transitive) 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

Questions about big-timing

What is big-timing the present participle and gerund of?
Big-timing is the present participle and gerund of big-time.

Words near big-timing in the dictionary

  1. big-time
  2. big-timed
  3. big-timer
  4. big-timers
  5. big-times
  6. big-timing
  7. big-toe nail
  8. big-toe nails
  9. big-wig
  10. big-wigs
  11. Big5

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Adapted from Wiktionary: big-timing (page history and authors); big-time (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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