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big game

noun

Etymology

From big + game, since it is the most prominent sports match.

  1. derived from *men-✻
  2. inherited from *gamaną✻
  3. inherited from *gaman✻
  4. inherited from gamen
  5. inherited from game
  6. compounded as big game — “big + game”

Definitions

  1. Any large animal(s) hunted for sport.

    • The proposed law will prevent big game hunters from bringing home body parts of 7,000 species including lions, rhinos, elephants and polar bears. It comes two years after the government pledged to introduce a ban.

  2. Synonym of Super Bowl (“the annual national American football championship for the U.S.…

    Synonym of Super Bowl (“the annual national American football championship for the U.S. based National Football League”)

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA