Browsing page 59 of "B" words

noun - plural

• more important things to deal with.

  Let's not worry about logo design. We have bigger fish to fry.

  I don't want to deal with these trivial issues right now. I have bigger fish to fry.

  • See more words with the same meaning: important, a priority.

  Last edited on Jan 03 2014. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 07 2010.

noun

• something important. Usually used in the negative, as "no biggie".

                                                                                                                
  
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  Citation from "Compassion", Wilfred (US TV), Season 1 Episode 9 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: important, a priority.

  Last edited on Oct 25 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

noun

• friendly way of referring to a fellow male.

  Hey, big guy.

  Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.

• conceit.

  Last edited on Sep 21 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.

• jail.

  We're going up to the big house.

  Last edited on Aug 11 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

noun

• prison.

  He got hauled off to the big house.

  Last edited on Jul 12 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

• a Harley Davidson motorcycle. "Big" is in reference to their size and "iron" to their originality as a "tractor" type motorcycle. Term was used especially when lightweight Japanese motorcycles first appeared.

  Last edited on Mar 28 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Mar 26 2013.

noun - uncountable

• mainframe or mainframes.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
  
  Citation from Complete Idiot's Guide to A Career in Computer Programming, Jesse Liberty, 1999 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Dec 29 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 29 2011.