big fat en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈbɪɡ.fæt/
- (Australia) audio
Meanings
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(derogatory, idiomatic, not-comparable) Complete, utter, total.
big fat zero big fat nothing big fat lie
He's a big fat idiot.
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(colloquial, idiomatic, not-comparable) Huge, colossal.
As Jürgen Klopp took Sadio Mané in his arms and spun him like a beloved ballroom partner, there was a moment of sing-song communion with the Kop. They love these big fat emotional notes here.
2019 May 8, Barney Ronay, The Guardian:[Porkypine:] Why, it's a big fat honor... They'll speech at you an' feed you chicken foot stew an'... [Pogo:] But I don't like to listen to them speeches an' I don't care for chicken foots. [Porkypine:] If yo' public is gone give you honor, son, they isn't gone let yo' personal taste stand in the way.
1952, Walt Kelly, Pogo, 25 August 1952 stripI know a society who will pay you a big fat sum if you'll sign over them eyes for post-mortem laboratory work.
1918, Fannie Hurst, "A Petal on the Current" (collected in Humoresque, 1919), in Cosmopolitan, vol. 65, p. 42
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(not-comparable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, fat.
The suspect was a big fat man with a shabby appearance.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| big phat | alternative | lexicographic | |
| big-fat | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
king-sized (huge) · mammoth (huge) · jumbo (huge)
Translations (5)
fr énorme (huge) · fr gros (complete) · fr intégral (complete) · fr bon gros (huge) · fr sacré (complete)