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单词 bigfoot
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bigfoot

[ big-foot ]
/ ˈbɪgˌfʊt /
Slang.
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noun, plural big·feet, big·foots.

a prominent or influential person, especially a journalist or news analyst.

verb (used with or without object)

to assert one's authority or influence (over): lobbyists bigfooting around the Senate; a reporter bigfooted by a senior correspondent.

Origin of bigfoot

1975–80, Americanism; after Big Foot

Words nearby bigfoot

bigeye, bigeye scad, big fish, big fish in a small pond, Big Five, bigfoot, bigg, big game, bigger, biggie, biggin

Definition for bigfoot (2 of 2)

Big Foot

or Bigfoot


noun

a very large, hairy, humanoid creature reputed to inhabit wilderness areas of the U.S. and Canada, especially the Pacific Northwest.
Also called Sasquatch.
Compare Abominable Snowman.

Origin of Big Foot

First recorded in 1960–65; so called from the size of its alleged footprints
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for bigfoot

  • What is it, one wonders, about these two bigfoot thunderers on the right that they share this personal history?

    Conservatives, Fired Up|Christopher Buckley|February 21, 2010|DAILY BEAST
  • His narrative of Bigfoot's Adventures is the rollickiest and the most flavorsome that any American frontiersman has yet inspired.

    Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest|J. Frank Dobie
  • "We're goin' to punch cows again, that's what we're to do," answered Bigfoot dismally.

    Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up|Clarence Edward Mulford
  • Gasping for breath, he held out his hand and received a huge plug of tobacco, for Bigfoot had won a contest.

    Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up|Clarence Edward Mulford
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