bigfoot

¹

[big-foot]

noun

plural

bigfeet, bigfoots 

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, after Bigfoot

Origin of bigfoot²

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

Example Sentences

If that sounds insufficiently serious, one might want to tune in to “Bigfoot Took Her.”

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The 16-year-old from Fresno, Calif., vanished in 1987 while on a camping trip with 43-year-old Bigfoot enthusiast Russell “Skip” Welch.

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Welch’s story is about as credible as Bigfoot himself, but the hosts of the series, Jessica Chobot and Robert Collier, buy into it all long enough to launch their thesis and their show, which is as interesting in terms of documentary-TV production as it is as a detective story.

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“Bigfoot attacks are so rare,” Ms. Chobot says, voicing amazement at Skip Welch’s contention that the creature was the culprit.

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I remember when Mike McCurry, former White House press secretary under President Bill Clinton, would entertain all kinds of questions from a wide variety of reporters — including a defrocked minister who used to ask about Bigfoot and UFOs.

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