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  big game

  noun

  large wild animals, especially when hunted for sport.
• Big Game
  Big Game

  noun

  Usually the Big Game an alternate name for the Super Bowl, used in advertising by brands that are not official sponsors and therefore do not have permission to use the trademarked name of the NFL championship game.

big game

¹ American  

[big gaym] / ˈbɪg ˈgeɪm /

noun

1. large wild animals, especially when hunted for sport.

   Expensive vacation packages to hunt big game like leopards or elephants in Africa are marketed almost exclusively to wealthy foreign tourists.

2. large fish, as tuna and marlin, when sought by deep-sea anglers.

   Participants in the sport fishing tournament regularly return to shore with big game exceeding 200 pounds.

3. a major objective, especially one that involves risk.

   The merger shows their commitment to the big game, in a market where half measures just won’t pay off.

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Big Game ² American  

[big gaym] / ˈbɪg ˈgeɪm /

noun

Football.

1. Usually the Big Game an alternate name for the Super Bowl, used in advertising by brands that are not official sponsors and therefore do not have permission to use the trademarked name of the NFL championship game.

   The best time to buy a new television is in late January, during sales promotions for the Big Game.

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big game British  

noun

1. large animals that are hunted or fished for sport

2. informal the objective of an important or dangerous undertaking

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Etymology

Origin of big game

First recorded in 1860–65

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Omar Khalil is game scout lead at Entity and said there was "no shortage of talent in the UK", but it was challenging to create the next big game.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

An NBA player swears it brought him good luck after devouring it the night before a big game.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

People still eating meat typically either hunt big game or trap smaller birds and mammals.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

It’s hard to fault Stafford for not making a play that his body just can’t make, but it’s fair to wonder if the travel and short turnaround impacted his worst big game in several years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

“You guys have a big game tomorrow,” she said.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers

Artlist made headlines in February when it produced a Super Bowl LX spot in under five days using its own products, at a fraction of the multi-million-dollar cost typical of Big Game advertising.

From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026

It’s a portrait of a team assembled from spare parts and one generational talent that somehow made it all the way to the Big Game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026

Xfinity’s first-ever Big Game bid utilizes de-aging software to bring Jurassic Park stars Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Sam Neill back to the ’90s.

From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2026

Relax and enjoy the Big Game without worrying about what it means for your portfolio.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 5, 2026

They had a brief fortnight's training in the new open fighting under barrage and then set off cheerfully for the "Big Game."

From The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land by Ralph Connor