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Word: Bigfoot
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
1950s: from the size of the creature's footprints (the term is recorded from the mid 19th century as a nickname for a person with large feet)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbɪɡfʊt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
dominate or upstage
Short Definition:dominate event or person
Examples:- she was never tempted to bigfoot the project
- these moves are early efforts at bigfooting potential challengers
Variant Forms:
- bigfoot
