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big ends

big ends is the plural of big end.

Meaning of big end

Noun

big end (plural big ends)

  1. In a piston engine, the larger end (crankshaft end) of the connecting rod that connects a piston to the crankshaft.
    • From the sound of that motor, I'd say yer big end's gone, mate.
    Antonyms:
    small end

Questions about big ends

What is big ends the plural of?
Big ends is the plural of big end.

Words near big ends in the dictionary

  1. big eights
  2. big enchilada
  3. big enchiladas
  4. big end
  5. big end of town
  6. big ends
  7. big enough and ugly enough
  8. big eye
  9. big fat
  10. big fat zero
  11. big figure

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