big league

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See also: bigleague and big-league

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

big league (plural big leagues)

  1. A major league.

Translations[edit]

major league — see major league

Adjective[edit]

big league (comparative more big league, superlative most big league)

  1. Major league (pertaining to the highest level of professional sports).
    He made a real big league play.
  2. Major league (significant, important).

Translations[edit]

major league — see major league

Adverb[edit]

big league (not comparable)

  1. (slang) To a significant degree; on a large scale.
    • 2015, Donald Trump, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      Iran is taking over Iraq, and they’re taking it over big league.

Usage notes[edit]

  • In 2016, Donald Trump often used big league unusually as an adverb, rather than a noun or adjective, which was widely misinterpreted as bigly.[1]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Liam Stack (2016 October 24) “Yes, Trump Really Is Saying ‘Big League,’ not ‘Bigly,’ Linguists Say”, in The New York Times‎[1]
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