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big boy

noun

: big gun
usually used in plural

Examples of big boy in a Sentence

when she became the network's White House correspondent, she knew that she was now playing with the big boys
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Cowell announced his search for the next big boy band last summer, hosting open-call auditions in London, Liverpool, Newcastle, and Dublin. Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025 Our Prince of Wales is feeling the jet lag so his big boy is there instead! Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025 Suck on some of these, big boy. Jack Dunn, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025 The seat height on this big boy is thankfully adjustable from 34.3 - 35 in (870 - 890 mm). Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for big boy

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of big boy was in 1916

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“Big boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20boy. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

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