bigger
/ˈbɪɡɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.74 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
comparative form of big: more big
name
A township in Jennings County, Indiana, United States, named after Samuel Bigger.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "That whereas, and whereby, and by which, the major, and most greater, and most bigger, and most stronger party, […]"
- "When 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."
- "She's in along with mother, talking about the college; it's to be biggered, sir."
- "But I had to grow bigger. So bigger I got. I biggered my factory. I biggered my roads."
- "The money they splurged to the board's delight Will be spent biggering IT services, clean out of sight"
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbɪɡɚ/
- British English: /ˈbɪɡəː/