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Bigger vs Ligger - What's the difference?

bigger | ligger |

As an adjective bigger

is (big).

As a verb bigger

is (nonstandard|rare) to make or become bigger.

As a noun ligger is

the horizontal timber of a scaffolding; a ledger or ligger can be (slang) a freeloader or hanger-on, especially in the music industry or ligger can be a baited line attached to a float, for night fishing.

bigger

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (big)
  • * 1812 , A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts (Walter Scott, John Somers), page 146:
    • That whereas, and whereby, and by which, the major, and most greater, and most bigger , and most stronger party,
  • * , chapter=5
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies.}}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nonstandard, rare) To make or become bigger.
  • * {{quote-book, 1871, Julian Leep, A Ready-Made Family, volume=1, page=322, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=mny99S_fR4AC&pg=PA322, edition=2009 ed.
    • , passage=She's in along with mother, talking about the college; it's to be biggered , sir. }}
  • * {{quote-book, 1971, citation
    • , passage=But I had to grow bigger. So bigger I got.
    I biggered my factory. I biggered my roads.}}
  • * {{quote-news, 2002, August 5, Mark Gibbs, IBM and PwC: Rhyme and Reasons, Network World, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=4hgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT69, page=69
    • , passage=The money they splurged to the board's delight
    Will be spent biggering IT services, clean out of sight}}

    See also

    * biggers

    ligger

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . See (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The horizontal timber of a scaffolding; a ledger.
  • A nether millstone.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A freeloader or hanger-on, especially in the music industry.
  • * Peaches Geldof may be a top showbiz ligger – but now she’s got a group of her own.'' – "Peaches gets own band", ''The Sun , 29 Aug 2006
  • * The ligger caused a scene when he begged one reveller to find him some gear – and offered sexual favours in return.'' – "Wicked Whispers", ''The Mirror , 29 Jan 2005

    • Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A baited line attached to a float, for night fishing.
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