big league

See also: bigleague and big-league

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

big league (plural big leagues)

  1. A major league.

Translations

Adjective

big league (comparative more big league, superlative most big league)

  1. Major league (pertaining to the highest level of professional sports).
    He made a real big league play.
  2. Major league (significant, important).

Translations

Adverb

big league (not comparable)

  2. (slang) To a significant degree; on a large scale.
    • 2015 June 16, Donald Trump, “Transcript: Donald Trump announces his presidential candidacy”, in CBS News‎[2]:
      Think of it. Iran is taking over Iraq, and they’re taking it over big league.

Usage notes

  • In 2016, Donald Trump often used big league unusually as an adverb, rather than a noun or adjective, which was widely misinterpreted as bigly.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Liam Stack (24 October 2016) “Yes, Trump Really Is Saying ‘Big League,’ not ‘Bigly,’ Linguists Say”, in The New York Times‎[1]
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