Bigger Definition

bigger

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈbɪɡɚ/

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Adjective

bigger

1. Comparative form of big: more big.

Noun

bigger (plural biggers)

1. Someone bigger than oneself
   • 1893 Olive Thorne Miller, Little Brothers of the Air^[1]:

     For whether he clung to the walls, or made stepping-stones of his brothers and sisters (as do many of his betters, or at least his biggers), who can tell?

Verb

to bigger (third-person singular simple present biggers, present participle biggering, simple past and past participle biggered)

1. (nonstandard) To make or become bigger
   • 1871 Julian Leep, A Ready-Made Family, volume 1, edition 2009 ed., page 322:

     She's in along with mother, talking about the college ; it's to be biggered, sir.

   • 1971 Dr Seuss, The Lorax^[2], page 39:

     But I had to grow bigger. So bigger I got. I biggered my factory. I biggered my roads.

   • 2002 August 5, Mark Gibbs, “IBM and PwC: Rhyme and Reasons”, Network World, page 69:

     The money they splurged to the boards delight Will be spent biggering IT services, clean out of sight

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