bigfoot

¹

[ big-foot ]

noun

, plural big·feet, big·foots.

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

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

or Big Foot

[ 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bigfoot¹

1975–80, Americanism; after Bigfoot

Origin of bigfoot²

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

Example Sentences

So she kept churning out Sasquatch stories, publishing a total of 16 books in the Cum for Bigfoot series.

From The Daily Beast

What is it, one wonders, about these two bigfoot thunderers on the right that they share this personal history?

From The Daily Beast

"We're goin' to punch cows again, that's what we're to do," answered Bigfoot dismally.

From Project Gutenberg

Gasping for breath, he held out his hand and received a huge plug of tobacco, for Bigfoot had won a contest.

From Project Gutenberg

His narrative of Bigfoot's Adventures is the rollickiest and the most flavorsome that any American frontiersman has yet inspired.

From Project Gutenberg