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big and bad

big and bad adjective: highly showy or impressive.

Adjective

big and bad (not comparable)

  1. (derogatory, informal, slang) Highly showy or impressive.

Questions about big and bad

What does big and bad mean?
Big and bad means highly showy or impressive.
What part of speech is big and bad?
Big and bad is an adjective.

Words near big and bad in the dictionary

  1. big
  2. Big 4
  3. big agile
  4. big air
  5. Big Ambergris Cay
  6. big and bad
  7. big and tall
  8. big and ugly enough
  9. Big Ange
  10. Big Apple
  11. big as a barn

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