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debigulate

debigulate verb: to reduce or shrink; to make or become smaller.

Verb

debigulate (third-person singular simple present debigulates, present participle debigulating, simple past and past participle debigulated)

  1. (humorous, rare) To reduce or shrink; to make or become smaller.
    • > think moe will get his ears enlarged 2.27.00?
      No, he'll get them debigulated.2000 February 27, Ben Mann, “Re: X'tapolapocetl (Quetzelsacatanango?)”, in alt.tv.simpsons (Usenet)
    • Does debigulating a table first delete blank rows? (I don't know if blank rows are always at the end or not.)2008 May 13, Ron Newcomb, “I7: Dynamic Tables extension for Glulx”, in rec.arts.int-fiction (Usenet)
    Synonyms:
    ensmallen
    Antonyms:
    embiggen

Synonyms of debigulate

Antonyms

Forms of debigulate

third-person singular presentdebigulates
present participledebigulating
past participledebigulated
pastdebigulated

Origin of debigulate

Back-formation from Debigulator, itself from de- + big + -ule + -ate + -or, a fictional shrink ray featured in the 1996 episode "Treehouse of Horror VII" of the American animated television series The Simpsons.

Questions about debigulate

What does debigulate mean?
Debigulate means to reduce or shrink; to make or become smaller.
What part of speech is debigulate?
Debigulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of debigulate?
The past tense of debigulate is debigulated.

Words near debigulate in the dictionary

  1. debiases
  2. debiasing
  3. debiassed
  4. debiasses
  5. debiassing
  6. debigulate
  7. debigulated
  8. debigulates
  9. debigulating
  10. debil-debil
  11. debil-debils

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