biggie
/ˈbɪɡi
/noun (plural biggies) informal
A big, important, or successful person or thing: composers including most of the biggies like Brahms, Wagner, or Mendelssohn...
- Across several key portfolios, a pattern of incompetence had been well-established: secondary education, tertiary education, police, immigration and justice, to name only the biggies.
- I also worry about extending the rights of citizenship - and voting is the biggie - to people who haven't made that commitment.
- There were no stringers or local bureau reporters in this crowd - the biggies were here in person, and each one of them was laying to be the one who made everyone else's news with the killer question that defined a story.
Phrases
no biggie
Origin
1920s: from big + -ie.