单词 | big-note |
释义 | big-notev. Australian and New Zealand slang. transitive (reflexive). To boast, esp. about money; to exaggerate one's wealth or importance. Also occasionally intransitive. ΚΠ 1948 As you Were (Austral. War Memorial) 164/1 Champ had the floor and was apparently ‘big-noting’ himself regarding his prosperous pre-war days. 1953 K. Tennant Joyful Condemned 23 ‘Morton the bustman!’ Rene sneered. ‘Listen to him big-note himself. He's going to do a bust’. 1977 A. Mackay Life Pieces II. 134 He'd tell lies just to big-note himself. 1999 Dominion (Wellington, N.Z.) (Electronic ed.) 8 Mar. I've won a bit of money on Lotto and wonder if I should..tell friends... I don't want them to think I'm big-noting. 2005 C. H. Vaite Frangipani 269 Ati might think she's trying to big-note herself. Derivatives ˈbig-ˌnoter n. ΚΠ 1967 King's Cross Whisper (Sydney) No. 32. 6/3 Big noter, a braggart who uses money to impress birds. 1999 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Electronic ed.) 27 Feb. Loud-mouthed big-noter and egotist, or dynamic leader and motivator? ˈbig-ˌnoting n. ΚΠ 1966 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. (ed. 2) 212 Big-note..whence big noting. 2003 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 3 Sept. 78 This is the chance to prove himself after years of big-noting. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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