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big time definition

☆ big time

  1. vaudeville performed in the top-ranking, big-city theatrical circuits, at high pay
  2. the level regarded as highest in any profession, occupation, etc.
big-time definition

☆ big·-time (big′tīm′)

adjective, adverb

Slang at, of, or to a very great degree, extent, etc. a big-time swindle, to be hurt big-time

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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