Definition of big boy
: big gun
—usually used in plural
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when she became the network's White House correspondent, she knew that she was now playing with the big boys
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The Retrievers had improved and turned into a team that could compete with the big boys.
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Proceed with caution, as this big boy's 10.5-percent ABV is masked nicely by a huge malt bill.
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The Reds have burned their village to save it, a common practice in Baseball, even among the big boys.
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The engines on those big boys were running while the mayor was inside, for about two hours.
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Cook has played 16 Premier League games for Bournemouth this season and has not looked out of place against the Premier League big boys as the 21-year old seemingly slots into the Liverpool-esque playing style Eddie Howe's Bournemouth play.
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Joah Robinett | Oregon State/San Marcos HS | DL | 6-8, 255 | Feb. 7 Notable: The sophomore stands above even the 6-7 big boys on the Aztecs offensive line.
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In basketball terms, the 1979 final also helped advance the notion that smaller schools from mid-major conferences, such as Indiana State out of the Missouri Valley, could compete with the big boys and in the process do wonders for the TV ratings.
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Now the Game of Thrones Guys Are Making a Star Wars Trilogy, Too Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Lucasfilm Ltd./Everett Collection Much like Elon Musk's big boy car, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are being launched into space.
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First Known Use of big boy
1916
big boy Synonyms
Synonyms
big, big cheese, big gun, big leaguer, big shot, big wheel, big-timer, bigfoot, biggie, bigwig, fat cat, heavy, heavy hitter, heavyweight, high-muck-a-muck (or high-muckety-muck), honcho, kingfish, kingpin, nabob, nibs, wheel;
Antonyms
lightweight, nobody, nonentity, nothing, shrimp, twerp, whippersnapper, zero, zilch;
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