BIG

big. Big, a. large, swelled, proud, haughty, pregnant

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Big (�), a. [Compar. Bigger; superl. Biggest.] [[Perh. from Celtic; cf. W. beichiog, beichiawg, pregnant, with child, fr. baich burden, Arm. beac'h; or cf. OE. bygly, Icel. biggiligr, (properly) habitable; (then) magnigicent, excellent, fr. OE. biggen, Icel. byggja, to dwell, build, akin to E. be.]] 1. 1. Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large. “He's too big to go in there.” Shak.
2. 2. Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; — often figuratively.
big with the fate of Cato and of Rome. Addison. 3. 3. Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big heart; a big voice; big looks; to look big. As applied to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride.
God hath not in heaven a bigger argument. Jer. Taylor. ☞ Big is often used in self-explaining compounds; as, big-boned; big-sounding; big-named; big-voiced. To talk big, to talk loudly, arrogantly, or pretentiously. I talked big to them at first. De Foe. Syn. — Bulky; large; great; massive; gross.