Big Applen.

Brit.

/ˌbɪɡ ˈapl/, U.S.

/ˌbɪɡ ˈæp(ə)l/

Forms: also with lower case initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: big adj., apple n.

Etymology: < big adj. + apple n.

Originally and chiefly U.S. slang.

1. to bet a big apple and variants: to state with supreme assurance; to be absolutely confident of. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > be certain [verb (intransitive)]

to have no werea1400

to make (no) question1447

to bet a big apple1847

1847 Amer. Farmer Aug. 35 Try it once and we'll bet you a big apple that you do it every year thereafter for the balance of your life.

1871 Our Boys & Girls Apr. 264 I'd bet a big apple that Harry and I Could eat them all up, one by one.

1891 Boston Daily Globe 25 Oct. 9 (advt.) We will wager a big red apple that the prices attached to our thousand and one styles are as low or lower than the same quality of goods can be bought elsewhere.

1903 Chicago Tribune 25 July 5 I'll bet a big red apple that if James R. Keene had had nothing to do with the firm of Talbot J. Taylor & Co. they could have got all the money they needed.

1941 Los Angeles Times 26 Feb. 11 His new one, ‘The Lady Eve’, will wind up as THE comedy of the year, and I'll bet you a big red apple on it.

2. Something regarded as the most significant of its kind; an object of desire or ambition. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > most important

moreOE

firstc1275

principala1393

chiefa1400

main chance1577

forefront1589

principal verb1602

centre of gravity1718

avatar1859

main stem1900

Big Apple1909

prima ballerina1923

centrepiece1937

1909 E. Martin Wayfarer in N.Y. 15 It [sc. the Mid-West] inclines to think that the big apple [sc. New York] gets a disproportionate share of the national sap.

1911 Chicago Defender 28 Oct. 6 George Hayes and the Clancy Twins are the ‘big apple on the tree’ this week.]

1920 Chicago Defender 15 May 7/1 Ragtime Billy Tucker hasn't dropped completely out of existence, but is still in the ‘Big Apple’, Los Angeles.

1927 Bookman Dec. 378/2 To the lonely and aspiring hoofer, the fannie-falling comedian, Broadway is the Big Apple, the Main Stem, the goal of all ambitions.

1944 D. Burley Orig. Handbk. Harlem Jive 144 Big Apple..any big town.

1947 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 17 Nov. 6/3 From Caesar to Franco..there have been military men who have successfully jumped for the big apple.

1965 H. S. Thompson Let. 9 June in Proud Highway (1997) 522 Luckily, Sandy is still working and brings in the food and beer money. The big apple at the moment seems to be The Rum Diary, which I have to rewrite at least in part before any of these bastards will send me a cheque.

1971 R. Vaughan & M. Lynch Brandywine's War 36 He's going in for the big apple. The Medal of Honor.

1976 R. Telander Heaven is Playground (1995) 95 Does he simply get money under the table for delivery? Is he looking for the one big apple to make him rich, or is it something more prestigious, that mythical ‘super-agent’ job?

3. Horse Racing. The New York racing circuit, considered as the pre-eminent one. Also attributive.

ΚΠ

1921 J. J. Fitz Gerald in Morning Telegraph (N.Y.) 3 May 9/3 J.P. Smith, together with Tippity Witchet and others of the L.T. Bauer String, is scheduled to start for the ‘big apple’ tomorrow.

1924 J. J. Fitz Gerald in Morning Telegraph (N.Y.) 18 Feb. The Big Apple, the dream of every lad that ever threw a leg over a thoroughbred and the goal of all horsemen. There's only one Big Apple. That's New York.

1935 San Francisco Call-Bulletin 30 Apr. 15/3 Racing returns to New York's ‘Big Apple’ circuit.

1953 Washington Post 8 Oct. 25/1 Those were the days when Sande was indeed the incomparable champ of the saddle, who came out of Idaho and the country fairs of Arizona to capture the cheers of racing with his riding feats on the big apple.

1961 N.Y. Herald Tribune 20 Mar. 24/6 Arcaro, Willie Shoemaker, Bouimetis and all the ‘Big Apple’ jocks.

2003 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 10 May d7 Many cannot run fast enough to compete on the ‘Big Apple’ circuit of Aqueduct, Belmont and Saratoga.

4. The city of New York.Cf. quot. 1909 at sense 2, which, though referring to New York, is part of an extended metaphor and appears to be an isolated use.For detailed discussion of the history of the expression see G. L. Cohen Origins of New York City's Nickname ‘The Big Apple’ (1991).Popularized in 1970 as part of a campaign led by Charles Gillett of the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [noun] > in North America > (part of) New York

the Bowery1787

Gotham1807

hell's kitchen1879

tenderloin district1887

west side1897

Big Apple1922

village1929

apple1939

Soul City1964

1922 Chicago Defender 16 Sept. 8/1 I trust your trip to ‘the big apple’ (New York) was a huge success and only wish that I had been able to make it with you.

1928 N.Y. Times 11 Mar. viii. 6 The big apple, New York City.

1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues ix. 170 As soon as we hit The Big Apple we'll ditch the buggy, and when the New York cops find it your insurance company will have to..ship it back to you.

1961 N.Y. Herald Tribune 21 June 39 (advt.) Big Apple. The nation's richest market, New York's Metropolitan area, has more buying power than all of Canada.

1979 United States 1980–1 (Penguin Travel Guides) 114 Many Broadway-bound shows play Chicago before heading for the Big Apple.

1989 T. Parker Place called Bird xxiii. 288 Well how are you Michael, how're things, how's your ma, how's the Big Apple, all the usual chit chat.

2006 P. Falk Just One More Thing 46 I've finally arrived. I'm in the Big Apple playing a big part in a hit play.

5. Jazz. A jazz dance performed in a circle, popular during the late 1930s.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [noun] > group dances

Circassian circle1888

snake-dance1931

conga1935

palais glide1936

Big Apple1937

Madison1960

1937 Denton (Maryland) Jrnl. 9 Apr. 4/5 ‘The Big Apple’, sensational dance craze from the south, has taken the nation by storm.

1938 N. Coward I Went to Marvellous Party in Compl. Lyrics (1998) 196/1 Maurice made a couple of passes at Gus And Freddie who hates any kind of fuss, Did half the Big Apple and twisted his truss.

1958 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. 30 48 This term [sc. Apple = New York] gave its name to that defunct dance, the Big Apple.

1996 Condé Nast Traveler June 87/2 The energetic horn section better befits the fox-trots, big apples, and weekly waltz competitions that once graced this floor.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	big apple
释义	Big Applen. Brit. /ˌbɪɡ ˈapl/, U.S. /ˌbɪɡ ˈæp(ə)l/ Forms: also with lower case initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: big adj., apple n. Etymology: < big adj. + apple n. Originally and chiefly U.S. slang. 1. to bet a big apple and variants: to state with supreme assurance; to be absolutely confident of. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > be certain [verb (intransitive)] to have no werea1400 to make (no) question1447 to bet a big apple1847 1847 Amer. Farmer Aug. 35 Try it once and we'll bet you a big apple that you do it every year thereafter for the balance of your life. 1871 Our Boys & Girls Apr. 264 I'd bet a big apple that Harry and I Could eat them all up, one by one. 1891 Boston Daily Globe 25 Oct. 9 (advt.) We will wager a big red apple that the prices attached to our thousand and one styles are as low or lower than the same quality of goods can be bought elsewhere. 1903 Chicago Tribune 25 July 5 I'll bet a big red apple that if James R. Keene had had nothing to do with the firm of Talbot J. Taylor & Co. they could have got all the money they needed. 1941 Los Angeles Times 26 Feb. 11 His new one, ‘The Lady Eve’, will wind up as THE comedy of the year, and I'll bet you a big red apple on it. 2. Something regarded as the most significant of its kind; an object of desire or ambition. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > most important moreOE firstc1275 principala1393 chiefa1400 main chance1577 forefront1589 principal verb1602 centre of gravity1718 avatar1859 main stem1900 Big Apple1909 prima ballerina1923 centrepiece1937 1909 E. Martin Wayfarer in N.Y. 15 It [sc. the Mid-West] inclines to think that the big apple [sc. New York] gets a disproportionate share of the national sap. 1911 Chicago Defender 28 Oct. 6 George Hayes and the Clancy Twins are the ‘big apple on the tree’ this week.] 1920 Chicago Defender 15 May 7/1 Ragtime Billy Tucker hasn't dropped completely out of existence, but is still in the ‘Big Apple’, Los Angeles. 1927 Bookman Dec. 378/2 To the lonely and aspiring hoofer, the fannie-falling comedian, Broadway is the Big Apple, the Main Stem, the goal of all ambitions. 1944 D. Burley Orig. Handbk. Harlem Jive 144 Big Apple..any big town. 1947 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 17 Nov. 6/3 From Caesar to Franco..there have been military men who have successfully jumped for the big apple. 1965 H. S. Thompson Let. 9 June in Proud Highway (1997) 522 Luckily, Sandy is still working and brings in the food and beer money. The big apple at the moment seems to be The Rum Diary, which I have to rewrite at least in part before any of these bastards will send me a cheque. 1971 R. Vaughan & M. Lynch Brandywine's War 36 He's going in for the big apple. The Medal of Honor. 1976 R. Telander Heaven is Playground (1995) 95 Does he simply get money under the table for delivery? Is he looking for the one big apple to make him rich, or is it something more prestigious, that mythical ‘super-agent’ job? 3. Horse Racing. The New York racing circuit, considered as the pre-eminent one. Also attributive. ΚΠ 1921 J. J. Fitz Gerald in Morning Telegraph (N.Y.) 3 May 9/3 J.P. Smith, together with Tippity Witchet and others of the L.T. Bauer String, is scheduled to start for the ‘big apple’ tomorrow. 1924 J. J. Fitz Gerald in Morning Telegraph (N.Y.) 18 Feb. The Big Apple, the dream of every lad that ever threw a leg over a thoroughbred and the goal of all horsemen. There's only one Big Apple. That's New York. 1935 San Francisco Call-Bulletin 30 Apr. 15/3 Racing returns to New York's ‘Big Apple’ circuit. 1953 Washington Post 8 Oct. 25/1 Those were the days when Sande was indeed the incomparable champ of the saddle, who came out of Idaho and the country fairs of Arizona to capture the cheers of racing with his riding feats on the big apple. 1961 N.Y. Herald Tribune 20 Mar. 24/6 Arcaro, Willie Shoemaker, Bouimetis and all the ‘Big Apple’ jocks. 2003 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 10 May d7 Many cannot run fast enough to compete on the ‘Big Apple’ circuit of Aqueduct, Belmont and Saratoga. 4. The city of New York.Cf. quot. 1909 at sense 2, which, though referring to New York, is part of an extended metaphor and appears to be an isolated use.For detailed discussion of the history of the expression see G. L. Cohen Origins of New York City's Nickname ‘The Big Apple’ (1991).Popularized in 1970 as part of a campaign led by Charles Gillett of the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [noun] > in North America > (part of) New York the Bowery1787 Gotham1807 hell's kitchen1879 tenderloin district1887 west side1897 Big Apple1922 village1929 apple1939 Soul City1964 1922 Chicago Defender 16 Sept. 8/1 I trust your trip to ‘the big apple’ (New York) was a huge success and only wish that I had been able to make it with you. 1928 N.Y. Times 11 Mar. viii. 6 The big apple, New York City. 1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues ix. 170 As soon as we hit The Big Apple we'll ditch the buggy, and when the New York cops find it your insurance company will have to..ship it back to you. 1961 N.Y. Herald Tribune 21 June 39 (advt.) Big Apple. The nation's richest market, New York's Metropolitan area, has more buying power than all of Canada. 1979 United States 1980–1 (Penguin Travel Guides) 114 Many Broadway-bound shows play Chicago before heading for the Big Apple. 1989 T. Parker Place called Bird xxiii. 288 Well how are you Michael, how're things, how's your ma, how's the Big Apple, all the usual chit chat. 2006 P. Falk Just One More Thing 46 I've finally arrived. I'm in the Big Apple playing a big part in a hit play. 5. Jazz. A jazz dance performed in a circle, popular during the late 1930s. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [noun] > group dances Circassian circle1888 snake-dance1931 conga1935 palais glide1936 Big Apple1937 Madison1960 1937 Denton (Maryland) Jrnl. 9 Apr. 4/5 ‘The Big Apple’, sensational dance craze from the south, has taken the nation by storm. 1938 N. Coward I Went to Marvellous Party in Compl. Lyrics (1998) 196/1 Maurice made a couple of passes at Gus And Freddie who hates any kind of fuss, Did half the Big Apple and twisted his truss. 1958 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. 30 48 This term [sc. Apple = New York] gave its name to that defunct dance, the Big Apple. 1996 Condé Nast Traveler June 87/2 The energetic horn section better befits the fox-trots, big apples, and weekly waltz competitions that once graced this floor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1847
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