BIG

Big

Big is a 1988 American fantasy comedy film directed by Penny Marshall, and stars Tom Hanks as Josh Baskin, a young boy who makes a wish "to be big" and is then aged to adulthood overnight. The film also stars Elizabeth Perkins, John Heard, and Robert Loggia and was written by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg.

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big

Noun

  1. An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
  2. The big leagues, big time.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. One or more kinds of barley, especially six-rowed barley.

Verb

(up)
  1. To praise or recommend

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. to inhabit; occupy
  2. to locate one's self
  3. to build; erect; fashion
  4. to dwell; have a dwelling

Adjective

  1. Of great size, large.
  2. Thought to have undue influence.
  3. Popular.
  4. Adult.
  5. Fat.
  6. Important or significant.
  7. Enthusiastic (about).
  8. Mature, conscientious, principled.
  9. Well-endowed, possessing large breasts in the case of a woman or a large penis in the case of a man.
  10. Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
    She was big with child.

Adverb

  1. In a loud manner.
  2. In a boasting manner.
    He's always talking big, but he never delivers.
  3. In a large amount or to a large extent.
    He won big betting on the croquet championship.
  4. On a large scale, expansively
    You've got to think big to succeed at Amalgamated Plumbing.
  5. Hard.
    He hit him big and the guy just crumpled.


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