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• bigfoot
  bigfoot

  noun

  a prominent or influential person, especially a journalist or news analyst.
• Bigfoot
  Bigfoot

  noun

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

bigfoot

¹ American  

[big-foot] / ˈbɪgˌfʊt /

noun

bigfeet, plural bigfoots plural

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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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• bigfeet
  plural
• bigfoots
  plural

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

Mr. Schleuss did not aggressively pursue the claims about the Pittsburgh local president, allowing Mr. Fuoco, a bigfoot crime reporter at The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, to hold onto his power.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2020

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

From Fox News • Feb. 20, 2020

Someone else asked whether it was true that President Lyndon B. Johnson would bigfoot his generals, choosing bombing targets himself.

From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2016

“Nonsense,” says the gray bigfoot with a wave of his hand.

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