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 Big a. [Compar. Bigger; superl. Biggest.]
 1. Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large. “He's too big to go in there.”
 2. Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively.
    [Day] big with the fate of Cato and of Rome.   --Addison.
 3. Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big heart; a big voice; big looks; to look big. As applied to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride.
    God hath not in heaven a bigger argument.   --Jer. Taylor.
 Note: ☞ Big is often used in self-explaining compounds; as, big-boned; big-sounding; big-named; big-voiced.
 To talk big, to talk loudly, arrogantly, or pretentiously.
    I talked big to them at first.   --De Foe.
 Syn: -- Bulky; large; great; massive; gross.
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