How do you pronounce bigs?

The recorded pronunciation is /bɪɡz/.

bigs

/bɪɡz/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

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noun

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Informal

"In the Appalachian League, where Cal Ripken once played in Bluefield, W.Va., a ballplayer's chances of making it to the bigs are less than one in six."
"But he can become just as effective as any of the other bigs passing the ball who get double-teamed.”"

From a shortening of big leagues.

the Bigs (canonical)

biggs

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