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giganto

giganto adjective: giant; gigantic.

Adjective

giganto (comparative more giganto, superlative most giganto)

  1. (neologism) giant; gigantic.
    • it’s hard to order a small chicken salad at a fast-food restaurant if everyone else is getting the Giganto Cheeseburger Deal with a bushel of fries and a gallon of soda.2004, Gretchen Becker, Prediabetes, What You Need to Know to Keep Diabetes Away, Marlowe & Company and →ISBN, page 112
    • It was a huge giganto embarrassment.2006, Susan “Sue” Dunlap, A Single Eye, Carroll & Graf Publishers and →ISBN, page 94

Proper noun capitalized: Giganto

Giganto

  1. A giant monster, such as a hypothetical late descendant of Gigantopithecus.
    • they are attempting to flesh out this conjectural confrontation between Homo erectus and Giganto, as the creature is affectionately known1989, (author and title information kept confidential by Google Books and the University of Michigan), Discover, January–June, volume 10
    • describe their search for fossils in Vietnam and their belief that Giganto (as they call it) cohabited with early man.1995, Robert Michael Pyle, Where Bigfoot Walks, Crossing the Dark Divide, Houghton Mifflin Books and →ISBN, page 185

Examples of giganto in a sentence

  • Also, even with her giganto implants, Dani could get through a smaller opening than I.2007, Susan Isaacs, Past Perfect, A Novel, Simon and Schuster and →ISBN, page 299
  • For some random reason, I think of the doctor at the Eye Guy holding those giganto clicky circles over my eyes when I needed new glasses.2007, Susan R. S. K. Carlton, Lobsterland, Macmillan and →ISBN, page 76

Forms of giganto

comparativemore giganto
superlativemost giganto

Questions about giganto

What does giganto mean?
Giganto means giant; gigantic.
How do you use giganto in a sentence?
Also, even with her giganto implants, Dani could get through a smaller opening than I.
What part of speech is giganto?
Giganto can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near giganto in the dictionary

  1. gigantisms
  2. gigantize
  3. gigantized
  4. gigantizes
  5. gigantizing
  6. giganto
  7. giganto-
  8. gigantoblast
  9. gigantoblasts
  10. gigantocellular
  11. gigantocyte

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