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Bigger

Big \Big\ (b[i^]g), a. [Compar. Bigger; superl. Biggest.] [Perh. from Celtic; cf. W. beichiog, beichiawg, pregnant, with child, fr. baich burden, Arm. beac'h; or cf. OE. bygly, Icel. biggiligr, (properly) habitable; (then) magnigicent, excellent, fr. OE. biggen, Icel. byggja, to dwell, build, akin to E. be.]

  1. Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large. ``He's too big to go in there.''
    --Shak.

  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.

Bigger

Bigger \Big"ger\, a., compar. of Big.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
bigger

comparative of big.

Wiktionary
bigger
  1. (en-comparativebig) v

  2. (context nonstandard rare English) To make or become bigger.

WordNet
big
  1. adj. above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world" [syn: large] [ant: small, small]

  2. significant; "graduation was a big day in his life"

  3. of very great significance; "deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision"; "a momentous event" [syn: momentous]

  4. conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen" [syn: large, prominent]

  5. very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm" [syn: bad]

  6. loud and firm; "a big voice"; "big bold piano sounds"

  7. prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor" [syn: big(a), heavy(a)]

  8. (of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown woman" [syn: adult, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup]

  9. marked by intense physical force; "a big wind"

  10. feeling self-importance; "too big for his britches"; "had a swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride" [syn: swelled, vainglorious]

  11. older brother or sister; "big sister" [syn: big(a), elder, older] [ant: little(a)]

  12. exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn: boastful, braggart(a), bragging(a), braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising]

  13. generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies" [syn: large, magnanimous]

  14. given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather" [syn: bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded]

  15. in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child" [syn: big(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p)]

  16. [also: biggest, bigger]

bigger

adj. large or big relative to something else [syn: larger]

big
  1. adv. extremely well; "his performance went over big"

  2. in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening" [syn: boastfully, vauntingly, large]

  3. on a grand scale; "think big" [ant: small]

  4. in a major way; "the play failed big at the box office"

  5. [also: biggest, bigger]

bigger

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Wikipedia
Bigger (Backstreet Boys song)

"Bigger" is a song by American boy band Backstreet Boys. It was released on November 29, 2009 as the second single from their seventh studio album, This Is Us (2009). The song was co-written and produced by collaborator and producer Max Martin. The band stated that the song was one of their best hits since " I Want It That Way", a song written and produced by Martin for the band in 1998.

Bigger

Bigger may refer to:

  • "Bigger" (Backstreet Boys song), 2009
  • "Bigger" (Justin Bieber song), 2009
  • Bigger Township, Jennings County, Indiana, United States
  • John Bigger (died 1840), Ohio legislator and father of Samuel
  • Samuel Bigger (1802–1846), Governor of Indiana
Bigger (Justin Bieber song)

"Bigger" is a song by Canadian recording artist Justin Bieber, included as a track on his debut release, My World, released on November 17, 2009. It was written by Bieber, Frank Ocean, Dapo Torimiro, Kevin Risto and Waynne Nugent of Midi Mafia, with the latter duo and Dapo producing the song. Musically, the song is a R&B number which infuses elements of teen pop and dance-pop, while including influences of new jack swing. The song's lyrics refer to one maturing in a relationship and working to reach goals. The song received generally positive reception from critics who reviewed the album, with a Billboard reviewer commenting that Bieber had "genuine swagger" on the song. Some reviews however questioned the lyrical content. After the release of My World, due to digital sales, the song charted in the lower regions of charts in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan.

Usage examples of "bigger".

The parking area was bigger than it had been in the original drawings, and the road leading to and from it better laid out.

Democrats had ruled the USA almost continuously between the disaster of the War of Secession and the bigger disaster of the Great War.

It looked like all the other Texas towns through which Rodriguez had passed on the way west: bigger than some, smaller than others.

They carried bigger bombs farther, faster, and higher, so they were harder to shoot down.

He would have bet the first number was a lot bigger than the second one.

And their turret guns were bigger and longer than those of the earlier models.

It did look as if the CSA would have to hit the USA another lick to make the bigger country fall over.

It was one of the new ones with the big, homely turret that housed a bigger, nastier cannon.

Navy had bigger fish to fry, or it would have committed more ships to the job.

None, though, had the stouter turrets and bigger guns that marked the latest models.

The difference between bad and worse is a lot bigger than the difference between good and better.

And big as these shops were, they were growing bigger, spreading over a third block, where two new structures were mushrooming to completion in some hasty cement process of a stability not over-reassuring.

A destroyer could run away from his submersible even when he was surfaced, or could attack him with bigger guns than he carried.

A handful of bigger shapes moved on the ground, grinding through American barbed wire and into the U.

Steaming along came an ocean monitor, a bigger version of the river craft the USA and CSA both used: basically, one battleship turret mounted on a raft.