bigger
Etymology
adj
-
comparative form of big: more big That whereas, and whereby, and by which, the major, and most greater, and most bigger, and most stronger party, […] 1812, A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts (Walter Scott, John Somers), page 146When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies. 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 5, in Mr. Pratt's Patients
verb
-
(nonstandard, rare) To make or become bigger. She's in along with mother, talking about the college; it's to be biggered, sir. 1871, Julian Leep, A Ready-Made Family, volume 1, published 2009, page 322But I had to grow bigger. So bigger I got. I biggered my factory. I biggered my roads. 1971, Dr Seuss, The Lorax, page 39The money they splurged to the board's delight Will be spent biggering IT services, clean out of sight August 5, 2002, Mark Gibbs, “IBM and PwC: Rhyme and Reasons”, in Network World, page 69
Attribution / Disclaimer All definitions come directly from Wiktionary using the Wiktextract library. We do not edit or curate the definitions for any words, if you feel the definition listed is incorrect or offensive please suggest modifications directly to the source (wiktionary/bigger), any changes made to the source will update on this page periodically.