Word: Bigfoot
Speech Type: Noun
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:
a large, hairy, ape-like creature resembling a yeti, supposedly found in north-western America.
Short Definition:large, hairy ape-like creature resembling yeti
Definition:
a prominent or well-known journalist
Short Definition:prominent journalist
Examples:- the media bigfeet who mock him
Word: Bigfoot
Speech Type: Verb
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
