big league

See also: bigleague and big-league

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

big league (plural big leagues)

1. A major league.

Translations

major league — see major league

Adjective

big league (comparative more big league, superlative most big league)

1. Major league (pertaining to the highest level of professional sports).

   He made a real big league play.

2. Major league (significant, important).

Translations

major league — see major league

Adverb

big league (not comparable)

1. (slang) To a significant degree; on a large scale.
   • 2015, Donald Trump, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     Iran is taking over Iraq, and they’re taking it over big league.

Usage notes

• In 2016, Donald Trump often used big league unusually as an adverb, rather than a noun or adjective, which was widely misinterpreted as bigly.

See also

• bigtime, bigly, majorly, major league