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big | hugh |

As a noun big

is a biological insulation garment; an air-tight, full-body suit intended to prevent the spread of contaminants.

As a proper noun hugh is

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big

English

Etymology 1

From a northern (etyl) dialectal term (m), .

Adjective

(bigger)
  • Of great size, large.
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  • *:The big houses, and there are a good many of them, lie for the most part in what may be called by courtesy the valleys. You catch a glimpse of them sometimes at a little distance from the [railway] line,, with their court of farm and church and clustered village, in dignified seclusion.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-06, volume=408, issue=8843, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= The rise of smart beta , passage=Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.}}
  • (lb) Thought to have undue influence.
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  • Popular.
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  • (lb) Adult.
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  • *1931 , , Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer , Montgomery Ward (publisher), draft:
  • *:By midnight, however, the last light had fled / For even big people have then gone to bed[.]
  • (lb) Fat.
  • (lb) Important or significant.
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  • *:"I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. I never did that. I always made up my mind I'd be a big man some day, and—I'm glad I didn't steal."
  • *{{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 29, author=Neil Johnston, work=BBC Sport
  • , title= Norwich 3-3 Blackburn , passage=It proved a big miss as Hoilett produced a sublime finish into the top corner of the net from 20 yards after evading a couple of challenges in first-half stoppage time.}}
  • Enthusiastic (about).
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  • (lb) Mature, conscientious, principled.
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  • (lb) Well-endowed, possessing large breasts in the case of a woman or a large penis in the case of a man.
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  • Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
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  • *(and other bibliographic details) (Joseph Addison) (1672–1719)
  • *:[Day] big with the fate of Cato and of Rome.
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  • Synonyms
    * (of a great size) ample, huge, large, sizeable, stoor, jumbo, massive * (adult) adult, fully grown, grown up * See also
    Antonyms
    * (of a great size) little, small, tiny, minuscule, miniature, minute * (adult) little, young
    Derived terms
    * Big Apple * big-ass * big baby * big band * Big Bang * big bath * big beat * Big Ben * Big Bertha * big blind * big bluestem * Big Board * big-boned * big box * big boy/big boys * big break * big brother * Big Brother * big bucks * big business * big C * big cat * big cheese * Big Crunch * Big D * big daddy * big deal * Big Dipper * Big Easy * big enchilada * big end * big fat/big-fat/big phat * big figure * big fish * big fly * Big Four * big game * biggie, no biggie * big girl's blouse * big government * big gun * big H/Big H * big hair * big hand * big head/big-head * big-headed * big-hearted * big house * big idea * big if * big iron * Big Island * big kid * big labor * big-league * big lick * big lie * big lug * big kahuna * Big Mac * big money * big mouth * Big Muddy * big name / big-name * bigness * big O * big O notation * big old/big ole * big one/the big one * big pharma * big picture * Big Q * big rig * Big Rip * big science * big screen * big shagbank * big shot * big shoulder * big six/the big six * Big Six * big sleep * big slick * Big Smoke * big spender * big spring * big stick * Big Sur * big talk * big tent * Big Three * big-ticket * big time/big-time/bigtime * big toe * big top/big-top * big tree * Big Uglies * big up * big wheel * big whoop * big wig/big-wig/bigwig * big-wigged * big wow * great big * hit it big * make it big * /Mr Big/Mister Big * the bigs * too big for one's boots * too big to fail

    Adverb

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

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
  • (as plural) The big leagues, big time.
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  • Synonyms
    * (big leagues) major leagues

    Verb

    (up)
  • To praise or recommend
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), . Cognate with (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m).

    Verb

  • to inhabit; occupy
  • to locate one's self
  • to build; erect; fashion
  • to dwell; have a dwelling
  • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (l) * (l), (l) (obsolete)

    Noun

    (-)
  • One or more kinds of barley, especially (six-rowed barley).
  • Statistics

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    hugh

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * : Scene 2:
  • I will rather trust a Fleming with my butter, Parson Hugh the Welshman with my cheese, an Irishman with my aqua-vitae bottle, or a thief to walk my ambling gelding, than my wife with herself.
  • * 1600 , The Shoemaker's Holiday :
  • Cold's the wind, and wet's the rain, / Saint Hugh be our good speed. / Ill is the weather that bringeth no gain, / Nor helps good hearts in need.
  • * 1894 W. H. Miller, J. Mcaulauy, W. Stevens, The Leisure Hour , Richard Jones (1894), page 651:
  • "You are engaged to Mr. Harden, I suppose?" "Yes, Mr. Harden. I call him Hugh', his second name. I like the name of '''Hugh'''. The exquisite long vowel pleases me?'''''Hugh! Hugh! ".
  • * 1996 (Ian Rankin), Let It Bleed , Thorndike Press (2000), ISBN 0786226773, page 68:
  • Hugh' McAnally was universally known as "Wee Shug". He didn't know why people called ' Hugh always ended up nicknamed Shug.
  • * 2011 Hughie Boy Levoy, Chicago Kid , Xlibris Corporation, ISBN 1462853404, page 151:
  • What I had noticed all of my young life, from as early as five years old, was that very few people outside my family knew how to pronounce my name?or spell it. "Hue, Hug, Huge, Huh, Hugo. Everything but my name, HUGH'!" - - - I grew up thinking that I was the only ' Hugh in the world, and all my life I'll be meeting people who will have trouble pronouncing my name.
  • Usage notes

    * Has been used as a translation of Aodh, and of other Gaelic names, in Scotland and Ireland. * Popular given name in medieval England, partly due to the fame of . In quiet use today, more common in the U.K. and Ireland than in the U.S.A.

    See also

    * Shug