big-notev.
/ˈbɪɡnəʊt/, U.S. /ˈbɪɡˌnoʊt/, Australian English /ˈbɪɡnoʊt/, New Zealand English /ˈbɪɡnʌut/ Australian and New Zealand slang.
transitive (reflexive). To boast, esp. about money; to exaggerate one's wealth or importance. Also occasionally intransitive.
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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.
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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.
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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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