debigulate en · VERB
Etymology
Back-formation from Debigulator, itself from de- + big + -ule + -ate + -or, a fictional shrink ray featured in the 1996 episode "Treehouse of Horror VII" of the American animated television series The Simpsons.
Meanings
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(humorous, rare) To reduce or shrink; to make or become smaller.
Does debigulating a table first delete blank rows? (I don't know if blank rows are always at the end or not.)
2008 May 13, Ron Newcomb, “I7: Dynamic Tables extension for Glulx”, in rec.arts.int-fiction (Usenet):> think moe will get his ears enlarged 2.27.00? No, he'll get them debigulated.
2000 February 27, Ben Mann, “Re: X'tapolapocetl (Quetzelsacatanango?)”, in alt.tv.simpsons (Usenet):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| debigulating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| debigulates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| debigulated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| debigulated | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
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