verbWord forms: bigs, bigging, bigged or bug (bʌɡ) Scottish
1.
to build
2.
to excavate (earth) into a pile
Word origin
from Old Norse byggja; related to Old English būian to inhabit
Examples of 'bigging' in a sentence
bigging
With the food ordered, the dogged self-promoter is straight into bigging up the firm.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
To put it crudely, we're bigging up the casualties and inventing a single foe.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
We're all tweeting about each other and bigging up each other.
The Sun (2010)
Top marks for candour, zero for bigging up their product.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
That didn't feel like a bigging-up of any movement, to be honest.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In the meantime bigging up the sisterhood.
The Sun (2018)
Is he bigging up his own prospects?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He kept repeating the phrase 'bigging up'.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Perhaps there's no need for you to keep bigging it up then.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
All related terms of 'bigging'
big
A big person or thing is large in physical size.
bigged
to build
big up
to make important, prominent , or famous
cat
A cat is a furry animal that has a long tail and sharp claws . Cats are often kept as pets.
catted
a small domesticated feline mammal, Felis catus (or domesticus ), having thick soft fur and occurring in many breeds in which the colour of the fur varies greatly: kept as a pet or to catch rats and mice
catting
a small domesticated feline mammal, Felis catus (or domesticus ), having thick soft fur and occurring in many breeds in which the colour of the fur varies greatly: kept as a pet or to catch rats and mice
domestic cat
a small domesticated feline mammal , Felis catus (or domesticus ), having thick soft fur and occurring in many breeds in which the colour of the fur varies greatly: kept as a pet or to catch rats and mice