Bigging

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A home. obsolete
  2. 2
    A building, especially an outbuilding. Northern-England, Scotland

    "The back door, that behind the pulpit, led out across the kirkyard to the Manse and its biggings, set up in the time of the Old Queen […]"

  3. 3
    Alternative form of biggin (“coffee pot with strainer”). alt-of, alternative
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of big form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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largeadultamplebigheartedheavyimportant

Example

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"Tom's always bigging himself up."

Etymology

From big + -ing.

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