big onen.

Brit.

/ˈbɪɡ wʌn/, U.S.

/ˈbɪɡ wən/

Forms: also (esp. in sense 3) with capital initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: big adj., one n.

Etymology: < big adj. + one n.

colloquial.

1. Originally and chiefly U.S. A large sum of money, esp. one thousand (occasionally one million) dollars or (British) pounds; a note of large denomination. Also (usually plural): one dollar or (British) one pound.

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society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > large sum

pounda1225

ransom?a1300

fother14..

gob1542

mint1579

king's ransomc1590

abomination1604

coda1680

a pretty (also fine, fair, etc.) penny1710

plunk1767

big money1824

pot1856

big one?1863

a small fortune1874

four figures1893

poultice1902

parcel1903

bundle1905

pretty1909

real money1918

stack1919

packet1922

heavy sugar1926

motza1936

big bucks1941

bomb1958

wedge1977

megadollars1980

squillion1986

bank1995

?1863 T. Taylor Ticket-of-leave Man i. 17 Now to plant the big 'un.

1908 K. McGaffey Sorrows of Show Girl 237 Wilbur's got the wise guys so leary..they naturally slip him a big one every time they get the chance.

1970 T. Southern Blue Movie 52 ‘Three big ones baby!’.. ‘Three million!’

1989 N.Y. Woman Oct. 44/2 We suggest answering only two calls: from the lottery saying you've just won 50 million big ones. Or from Mel Gibson.

1993 Empire Aug. 123/2 Paperback, Bloomsbury, £20.00. Hardly a snip at 20 big ones, this is nevertheless something of a must-buy.

2001 Sunday Times (Nexis) 19 Aug. Detailing how a top-spending client ripped through 80 big ones in a weekend is apt to appear indelicate.

2. Originally U.S. With the. Something regarded as important and decisive, or as the most significant, substantial, or influential of its kind; esp. a factor, event, opportunity, etc., of great potential or consequence.

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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > most important > other

main chance1584

all the world1600

masterworkc1606

state1656

foreground1817

axis1818

big one1924

1924 D. Hammett Nightmare Town in Argosy All-Story Weekly 27 Dec. 521/2 We made booze and shipped it out... Then we got the real idea—the big one! We kept on making the hooch; but we got the big idea going for our own profit.

1976 M. Apple Oranging of Amer. 50 You'll roll up in an ancient scroll, grow earlocks, and say, ‘This is the big one, the one I've been waiting for.’

1985 M. Sachs Fat Girl i. 6 Oh, I went around with a girl in my sophomore year. She was the big one in my life.

1994 Face Sept. 77/3 US Vogue remains The Big One (commercially, at least).

2001 New Yorker 20 Jan. 95/1 Emboldened by his success..the young British director has gone for the big one: Babylonian budget, sweeping locations, dazzling deployment of multiple cameras.

3. Chiefly U.S. Frequently with the.

a. A war, originally spec. the Second World War (1939–45), now frequently a prospective nuclear war. Hence: a major military incursion or assault.In quot. 1972: the atomic bomb.

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society > armed hostility > war > [noun] > a war

wara1300

battlea1382

big one1960

society > armed hostility > attack > invasion > [noun]

here-gang10..

inrunning1382

incursion?a1475

invasion1539

incurse1543

irruption1577

invade1591

invading1603

invadationa1607

infall1645

inroadinga1656

incursation1659

infallinga1698

big one1960

society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > other specific war > Second World War

Hitler1930

Second World War1942

big one1960

WWII1960

Second War1964

1960 G. Bluestone Private World Cully Powers iii. 47 Back in the Big One.

1972 R. Newman Polit. Sci. (song) in Sail Away (record) Let's drop the big one There'll be no-one left to blame us.

1983 R. Eilert For Self & Country x. 182 I had one of those people tell me that the wounds were much worse in the big one. Can you believe it?

1991 B. MacArthur Despatches from Gulf War 184 ‘We were all geared up for the Big One,’ said a staff sergeant with the Queen's Own Highlanders.

1993 Harper's Mag. Jan. 22/2 The dream of all-out nuclear war faded... Let's face it: the ‘big one’ isn't coming. There will be no Armageddon.

b. A major disaster, spec. a (prospective) large-scale earthquake.

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the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > instance of misfortune or ill-luck > dreadful or severe

tragedy1509

calamity1552

disaster1567

fatality1648

stroke1686

catastrophe1748

tragic1847

big one1978

meltdown1979

1978 Economist 21 Jan. 68/3 Registering a magnitude of 7 on the Richter scale..and..making the Japanese capital's 12m inhabitants wonder what will happen when the big one comes.

1980 J. Henderson in G. McLauchlan Acid Test (1981) 192 ‘This is an earthquake.’.. In Napier, the gravedigger..leaping out [of a newly dug grave] to avoid burial in The Big One.

1997 Escape Mar. 81 Floods, landslides and monsoons are all listed alphabetically by country, and you can even e-mail your own sitrep (situation report) if, say, you're unlucky enough to be at the quake's epicentre when The Big One hits San Francisco.

2000 N.Y. Times 30 Oct. a4/1 No one seems to blink at minimum—and oddly precise—estimates of 6,717 people killed and more than 300,000 structures destroyed, mostly by fire, if the Big One hits.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	big one
释义	big onen. Brit. /ˈbɪɡ wʌn/, U.S. /ˈbɪɡ wən/ Forms: also (esp. in sense 3) with capital initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: big adj., one n. Etymology: < big adj. + one n. colloquial. 1. Originally and chiefly U.S. A large sum of money, esp. one thousand (occasionally one million) dollars or (British) pounds; a note of large denomination. Also (usually plural): one dollar or (British) one pound. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > large sum pounda1225 ransom?a1300 fother14.. gob1542 mint1579 king's ransomc1590 abomination1604 coda1680 a pretty (also fine, fair, etc.) penny1710 plunk1767 big money1824 pot1856 big one?1863 a small fortune1874 four figures1893 poultice1902 parcel1903 bundle1905 pretty1909 real money1918 stack1919 packet1922 heavy sugar1926 motza1936 big bucks1941 bomb1958 wedge1977 megadollars1980 squillion1986 bank1995 ?1863 T. Taylor Ticket-of-leave Man i. 17 Now to plant the big 'un. 1908 K. McGaffey Sorrows of Show Girl 237 Wilbur's got the wise guys so leary..they naturally slip him a big one every time they get the chance. 1970 T. Southern Blue Movie 52 ‘Three big ones baby!’.. ‘Three million!’ 1989 N.Y. Woman Oct. 44/2 We suggest answering only two calls: from the lottery saying you've just won 50 million big ones. Or from Mel Gibson. 1993 Empire Aug. 123/2 Paperback, Bloomsbury, £20.00. Hardly a snip at 20 big ones, this is nevertheless something of a must-buy. 2001 Sunday Times (Nexis) 19 Aug. Detailing how a top-spending client ripped through 80 big ones in a weekend is apt to appear indelicate. 2. Originally U.S. With the. Something regarded as important and decisive, or as the most significant, substantial, or influential of its kind; esp. a factor, event, opportunity, etc., of great potential or consequence. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > most important > other main chance1584 all the world1600 masterworkc1606 state1656 foreground1817 axis1818 big one1924 1924 D. Hammett Nightmare Town in Argosy All-Story Weekly 27 Dec. 521/2 We made booze and shipped it out... Then we got the real idea—the big one! We kept on making the hooch; but we got the big idea going for our own profit. 1976 M. Apple Oranging of Amer. 50 You'll roll up in an ancient scroll, grow earlocks, and say, ‘This is the big one, the one I've been waiting for.’ 1985 M. Sachs Fat Girl i. 6 Oh, I went around with a girl in my sophomore year. She was the big one in my life. 1994 Face Sept. 77/3 US Vogue remains The Big One (commercially, at least). 2001 New Yorker 20 Jan. 95/1 Emboldened by his success..the young British director has gone for the big one: Babylonian budget, sweeping locations, dazzling deployment of multiple cameras. 3. Chiefly U.S. Frequently with the. a. A war, originally spec. the Second World War (1939–45), now frequently a prospective nuclear war. Hence: a major military incursion or assault.In quot. 1972: the atomic bomb. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > [noun] > a war wara1300 battlea1382 big one1960 society > armed hostility > attack > invasion > [noun] here-gang10.. inrunning1382 incursion?a1475 invasion1539 incurse1543 irruption1577 invade1591 invading1603 invadationa1607 infall1645 inroadinga1656 incursation1659 infallinga1698 big one1960 society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > other specific war > Second World War Hitler1930 Second World War1942 big one1960 WWII1960 Second War1964 1960 G. Bluestone Private World Cully Powers iii. 47 Back in the Big One. 1972 R. Newman Polit. Sci. (song) in Sail Away (record) Let's drop the big one There'll be no-one left to blame us. 1983 R. Eilert For Self & Country x. 182 I had one of those people tell me that the wounds were much worse in the big one. Can you believe it? 1991 B. MacArthur Despatches from Gulf War 184 ‘We were all geared up for the Big One,’ said a staff sergeant with the Queen's Own Highlanders. 1993 Harper's Mag. Jan. 22/2 The dream of all-out nuclear war faded... Let's face it: the ‘big one’ isn't coming. There will be no Armageddon. b. A major disaster, spec. a (prospective) large-scale earthquake. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > instance of misfortune or ill-luck > dreadful or severe tragedy1509 calamity1552 disaster1567 fatality1648 stroke1686 catastrophe1748 tragic1847 big one1978 meltdown1979 1978 Economist 21 Jan. 68/3 Registering a magnitude of 7 on the Richter scale..and..making the Japanese capital's 12m inhabitants wonder what will happen when the big one comes. 1980 J. Henderson in G. McLauchlan Acid Test (1981) 192 ‘This is an earthquake.’.. In Napier, the gravedigger..leaping out [of a newly dug grave] to avoid burial in The Big One. 1997 Escape Mar. 81 Floods, landslides and monsoons are all listed alphabetically by country, and you can even e-mail your own sitrep (situation report) if, say, you're unlucky enough to be at the quake's epicentre when The Big One hits San Francisco. 2000 N.Y. Times 30 Oct. a4/1 No one seems to blink at minimum—and oddly precise—estimates of 6,717 people killed and more than 300,000 structures destroyed, mostly by fire, if the Big One hits. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?1863
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