big-time en · ADJ
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of bigtime.
alt of bigtime
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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
big-time en · ADV
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of bigtime.
alt of bigtime
‘To clarify, what I meant, Your Excellency, our spending numbers definitely need to come down big-time, and this is one very easy way of doing it.’
2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 259:
big-time en · VERB
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(informal, transitive) To act superior to (someone), for example by talking down to them or ignoring them.
"You leave Micovi and you big-time me?" […] I wasn't big-timing you or ignoring you I guess I just lost track.
2012[?], Scott Sigler, Galactic Football League Bundle"He never big-timed you. That's an example I've always tried to use."
2006, Art Chansky, Blue Blood: Duke-Carolina: Inside the Most Storied Rivalry, page 285:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| big-timed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| big-timed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| big-timing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| big-times | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |