bigfoot
/ˈbɪɡˌfʊt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A very large, hairy, humanoid creature, similar to the yeti, said to live in the wilderness areas of the United States and Canada, especially the Pacific Northwest.
noun
An individual creature of this type.
verb
Alternative letter-case form of bigfoot.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Bigfoot, a hairy hominid.
Example Sentences
- "This imprint was made either Wednesday night or early Thursday morning by "Big Foot"."
- "Stories of “Bigfoot,” an eight-foot denizen of the forest in Northern California’s wild Trinity County, are among the main topics of conversation in that area. He is supposedly an Indian or half-breed who has reverted to an animal existence. A footprint believed to be his was measured by a Redding shoe store owner and found to be size 24!"
- "Some Earth people believe Bigfoot lives in underground caves; others believe Bigfoot is connected with extraterrestrials; still others believe Bigfoot is a spirit that can sometimes manifest in form."
- "The Bigfoot of spiders has been discovered in the caves of southwestern Oregon."
- "Then there are the sharp divisions of opinion about whether Bigfoot is a Gigantopithecus or a Neanderthal or some other hominid."
- "Many enthusiasts believe that Bigfoot is not some sort of undiscovered hominid, but rather a mystical being that moves between dimensions."
Etymology
August/September 1958, originally Big Foot, big + foot, relating to the large size of its supposed footprints relative to human footprints.