{ "dictype": "WikiDicScrap", "error": false, "code": 200, "json": { "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "bɪg" ], "listenurl": [ { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/big.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (UK)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/uk/big.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (UK)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/uk/big.mp3" } ] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "Inherited from Northern Middle English big, bigge (“powerful, strong”), possibly from a dialect of Old Norse. Ultimately perhaps a derivative of Proto-Germanic *bugja- (“swollen up, thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, *bu- (“to swell”), in which case big would be related to bogey, bugbear, and bug.\nCompare dialectal Norwegian bugge (“great man”), Low German Bögge, Boggelmann.", "From Middle English biggen, byggen, from Old Norse byggja, byggva (“to build, dwell in, inhabit”), a secondary form of Old Norse búa (“to dwell”), related to Old English būan (“to dwell”). Cognate with Danish bygge, Swedish bygga.", "From Middle English byge, from Old Norse bygg (“barley, probably Hordeum vulgare, common barley”), from Proto-Germanic *bewwuz (“crop, barley”). Cognate with Old English bēow (“barley”)." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Adjective", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "Of great size, large.\nSynonyms: ample, huge, large, sizeable, stoor, jumbo, massive; see also Thesaurus:large\nAntonyms: little, small, tiny, minuscule, miniature, minute\nElephants are big animals, and they eat a lot.", "submean": [ "(informal) Fat.\nSynonyms: chubby, plus-size, rotund; see also Thesaurus:overweight\nGosh, she is big!" ] }, { "mean": "(sometimes figurative) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.\nSynonyms: full, great, heavy; see also Thesaurus:pregnant\nShe was big with child." }, { "mean": "(informal) Well-endowed, possessing large breasts in the case of a woman or a large penis in the case of a man.\nSynonyms: busty, macromastic, stacked; see also Thesaurus:busty\nWhoa, Nadia has gotten pretty big since she hit puberty." }, { "mean": "(informal) Adult; (of a child) older.\nSynonyms: adult, fully grown, grown up; see also Thesaurus:full-grown\nAntonyms: little, young\n\nKids should get help from big people if they want to use the kitchen.\nWe were just playing, and then some big kids came and chased us away.\nShe did it all on her own like a big girl.", "submean": [ "(informal, slang, rare, of somebody's age) Old, mature. Used to imply that somebody is too old for something, or acting immaturely.\n" ] }, { "mean": "(informal, transitive with of) Mature, conscientious, principled; generous.\nThat's very big of you; thank you!\nI tried to be the bigger person and just let it go, but I couldn't help myself." }, { "mean": "(informal) Important or significant.\nSynonyms: essential, paramount, weighty; see also Thesaurus:important\nWhat's so big about that? I do it all the time." }, { "mean": "Popular.\nSynonyms: all the rage, in demand, well liked\nThat style is very big right now in Europe, especially among teenagers." }, { "mean": "(of a city) Populous." }, { "mean": "(informal) Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns\nYou are a big liar.  Why are you in such a big hurry?" }, { "mean": "(of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein, often capitalized) Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence.\nThere were concerns about the ethics of big pharma.\nbig money\nBig Tech, Big Steel (large or influential tech or steel companies)\nBig Science (science performed by large terms, of large scope, with government or corporate funding)" }, { "mean": "(informal, with on) Enthusiastic (about).\nSynonyms: fanatical, mad, worked up; see also Thesaurus:enthusiastic\n\nI'm not big on the idea, but if you want to go ahead with it, I won't stop you." } ] }, { "name": "Adverb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "In a loud manner." }, { "mean": "In a boasting manner.\nHe's always talking big, but he never delivers." }, { "mean": "In a large amount or to a large extent.\nHe won big betting on the croquet championship." }, { "mean": "On a large scale, expansively.\n1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 3, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 25:'You've got to put it over big,' he was saying in a loud nasal voice.\nYou've got to think big to succeed at Amalgamated Plumbing." }, { "mean": "Hard.\nHe hit him big and the guy just crumpled." } ] }, { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.\nSynonym: big shot" }, { "mean": "(in the plural) The big leagues, big time.\nSynonym: big leagues\n2004 June 23, Michelle Boorstein, “Ballclub^s Pullout Caps Va. Town^s Run of Woes; Struggling Martinsville No Longer Celebrates Its Boys of Summer”, in Washington Post:In the Appalachian League, where Cal Ripken once played in Bluefield, W.Va., a ballplayer's chances of making it to the bigs are less than one in six." }, { "mean": "(university slang) A initiated member of a sorority who acts as a mentor to a new member (the little).\n2018, Kelly Ann Gonzales, Through an Opaque Window:He was there the night of Cristoph's party. All the littles were assigned to their bigs. Ian and Christoph had rushed the same fraternity. When they became upperclassmen, they both ended up on the board.\n2019 April 1, Audrey Steinkamp, “Sororities pair new members with \"bigs\"”, in Yale Daily News‎:She added that the relationship between bigs and littles is \"what each pair makes of it,\" and that a lot of the pairs often get dinner together and become close friends.\n2022 September 27, Shreya Varrier, “Gamma Rho Lambda provides LGBTQIA+ community in greek life”, in Iowa State Daily‎:Some traditions of the chapter include lineages with bigs and littles, receiving of paddles from a big, and a national stroll, Wolsch-Gallia said." }, { "mean": "(BDSM) The participant in ageplay who acts out the older role.\nAntonym: little" } ] }, { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(transitive, archaic, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To inhabit; occupy." }, { "mean": "(reflexive, archaic, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To locate oneself." }, { "mean": "(transitive, archaic, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To build; erect; fashion." }, { "mean": "(intransitive, archaic, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To dwell; have a dwelling." } ] }, { "name": "Alternative_forms", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "bigg\nbygg, bygge (obsolete)" } ] }, { "name": "Noun_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "One or more kinds of barley, especially six-rowed barley." } ] } ] }, "meanskor": { "etymologies": [ "", "", "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "형용사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "", "submean": [ "" ] }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "", "submean": [ "" ] }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "부사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "대체_양식", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] } ] } } }