bigfoot

¹ American  

[big-foot] / ˈbɪgˌfʊt /

noun

plural

bigfeet, bigfoots

1. a prominent or influential person, especially a journalist or news analyst.

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verb (used with or without object)

1. to assert one's authority or influence (over).

   lobbyists bigfooting around the Senate; a reporter bigfooted by a senior correspondent.

Bigfoot ² American  

[big-foot] / ˈbɪgˌfʊt /

Or Big Foot

noun

1. a very large, hairy, humanoid creature of legend, reputed to inhabit wilderness areas of the United States and Canada, especially the Pacific Northwest.

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Etymology

Origin of bigfoot¹

1975–80, after Bigfoot

Origin of Bigfoot²

First recorded in 1960–65; so called from the size of its alleged footprints

Example Sentences

He does tend to bigfoot the conversations, even when he’s getting news he wants to hear.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

Once he qualified, the billionaire bigfoot, hardly could have refused to face his competitors.

From Fox News • Feb. 20, 2020

The website for radio bigfoot Rush Limbaugh referred to “an infuriating story of entrapment.”

From Washington Post • May 18, 2018

Rob Lowe says he thought he was going to be killed during an encounter with a bigfoot creature while filming his new A&E; docuseries.

From Washington Times • Jun. 29, 2017

Then another bigfoot, only its fur is gray, and it’s dressed in a fancy red suit and sipping a cup of tea.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston