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big dog

big dog noun: a term of address to a male friend.

Noun

big dog (plural big dogs)

  1. (slang) A term of address to a male friend.
    • Hey, what's up, big dog?
    • "Thanks, big dog," he said.2001, Shaquille O'Neal, quoting Kobe Bryant, Shaq Talks Back, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 241
  2. (figuratively, slang) An important or powerful person.
    • "Seem like to me Deck goin round shit-disturbin, what it is. An he too puss to go messin with the big dogs, so he schemin on us. Shit, man, I take that motherfucker down myself, cept he ain't never out that bodyguard of his, an word say that dude one way bad sucker."1992, Jess Mowry, Way Past Cool, New York, N.Y.: Farrar Straus Giroux, →ISBN, page 225
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, dog.

Forms of big dog

pluralbig dogs

Words formed from big dog

Questions about big dog

What does big dog mean?
Big dog means a term of address to a male friend.
What part of speech is big dog?
Big dog is a noun.
What is the plural of big dog?
The plural of big dog is big dogs.

Words near big dog in the dictionary

  1. big dick energy
  2. big Dick from Boston
  3. big dipper
  4. big dippers
  5. big divorce energy
  6. big dog
  7. big dog of the tanyard
  8. big dogs
  9. big drink
  10. big drinks
  11. big drum

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