present participle of big

(obsolete) A home. / (Scotland, Northern England) A building, especially an outbuilding. / Alternative form of biggin (“coffee pot with strainer”)

plural of bigging

(informal) Have great interest in something; be enthusiastic about something.

(baseball, informal) The major leagues.

Of great size, large. / (informal) Fat. / (sometimes figuratively) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.

In a loud manner. / In a boasting manner. / In a large amount or to a large extent. / On a large scale, expansively. / Hard.

An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name. / (in the plural) The big leagues, big time.

(transitive, archaic, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To inhabit; occupy. / (reflexive, archaic, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To locate oneself.

One or more kinds of barley, especially six-rowed barley.