bigtime

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bigtime

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From big + time.

adjective more bigtime · most bigtime · big-time

Of major significance or importance. Wait till you see your name in two-foot electrics over the front of every big-time house in the country.
Opposite: small-time

adverb big-time

figuratively, informal, not comparable To a significant degree. This was the first test for that message -- and it failed bigtime.

noun bigtimes · big-time

alternative Alternative form of big time The Financial News Network’s SCORE program […] hit the bigtime last Monday by offering live coverage of Snow Chief’s victory in the Jersey Derby […]

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adj of major significance

Français	sacré, de première, magistral
Deutsch	gewaltig, spitzenmäßig, riesig, ganz groß, wirklich bedeutend

adv to a significant degree

Français	sacrément, vachement, carrément, magistralement

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@misc{bigtime_2026,
  title = {bigtime},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bigtime},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}