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big hitters

big hitters is the plural of big hitter.

Meaning of big hitter

Noun

big hitter (plural big hitters)

  1. (informal) A powerful and influential person or organization.
    • It is easy to forget, given the lack of an impressive Transport Secretary since Patrick McLoughlin, that there have been several big hitters in the job.2024 January 10, Christian Wolmar, “A time for change? ... just as it was back in issue 262”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 60
  2. Synonym of biffer.
    Synonyms:
    biffer

Questions about big hitters

What is big hitters the plural of?
Big hitters is the plural of big hitter.

Words near big hitters in the dictionary

  1. big hearts
  2. Big Hill
  3. big histories
  4. big history
  5. big hitter
  6. big hitters
  7. big honkin'
  8. Big Horn County
  9. big house
  10. big house, little house, back house, barn
  11. big houses

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