biggy
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biggy (plural biggies)
- (colloquial) Something large in size in comparison to similar things.
- The wardrobe is the biggy – we'd better move that first.
- 2006, Carol Benson, The Old Lonesome, page 84:
- There were four sizes of marbles and we called them boulders, biggies, regulars, and teenies.
- (colloquial) Something impressive in comparison to similar things.
- Here's the biggy: she's only getting divorced!
- (colloquial, chiefly in the negative) Big deal.
- - Dude, I forgot to return your book!
- - No biggie: I don't need it for another week.
- (originally US, colloquial) A person of importance or power, especially in the entertainment industry.