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- [big-ee]
- /ˈbɪg i/
- /ˈbɪɡ.i/
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- [big-ee]
- /ˈbɪg i/
Definitions of biggie word
- countable noun biggie People sometimes refer to something or someone successful, well-known, or big as a biggie. 3
- noun biggie something important 3
- noun biggie an important person or thing 3
- noun biggie an important, influential, or prominent person; big shot; bigwig. 1
- noun biggie something that is very large, important, impressive, or successful: a merger of two corporate biggies; a movie that was this year's box-office biggie. 1
- noun biggie important question, serious matter 1
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Origin of biggie
First appearance:
before 1930 One of the 10% newest English words
First recorded in 1930-35; big1 + -ie
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Biggie
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
biggie popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
biggie usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for biggie
noun biggie
- vip — A VIP is someone who is given better treatment than ordinary people because they are famous, influential, or important. VIP is an abbreviation for 'very important person'.
- big cheese — Someone who has a very important job or position can be referred to as a big cheese.
- big shot — A big shot is an important and powerful person in a group or organization.
- big wheel — A big wheel is a very large upright wheel with carriages around the edge of it which people can ride in. Big wheels are often found at theme parks or fun fairs.
- bigwig — If you refer to an important person as a bigwig, you are being rather disrespectful.
Antonyms for biggie
noun biggie
- idleness — the quality, state, or condition of being lazy, inactive, or idle: His lack of interest in the larger world and his consummate idleness were the causes of their dreadful divorce.
- whole — comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
- inaction — absence of action; idleness.
- inactivity — not active: an inactive volcano.
- laziness — lazy evaluation
Top questions with biggie
- who killed biggie?
- how did biggie smalls die?
- when did biggie die?
- who killed biggie smalls?
- when did biggie smalls die?
- how did biggie die?
- how old was biggie when he died?
- who was biggie married to?
- when did biggie small die?
- how old is biggie smalls?
- how many kids did biggie have?
- what year did biggie die?
- how old is biggie?
- who shot biggie?
- what year did biggie smalls die?