Bigfoot

proper nounnounverbattested in dialogue

//ˈbɪɡˌfʊt//

A very large, hairy, humanoid creature, similar to the yeti, said to live in the wilderness areas of the United States and Canada, especially the Pacific Northwest.

proper noun

1
A very large, hairy, humanoid creature, similar to the yeti, said to live in the wilderness areas of the United States and Canada, especially the Pacific Northwest.
This imprint was made either Wednesday night or early Thursday morning by "Big Foot".
Stories of “Bigfoot,” an eight-foot denizen of the forest in Northern California’s wild Trinity County, are among the main topics of conversation in that area. He is supposedly an Indian or half-breed who has reverted to an animal existence. A footprint believed to be his was measured by a Redding shoe store owner and found to be size 24!
Some Earth people believe Bigfoot lives in underground caves; others believe Bigfoot is connected with extraterrestrials; still others believe Bigfoot is a spirit that can sometimes manifest in form.
The Bigfoot of spiders has been discovered in the caves of southwestern Oregon.

Etymology

August/September 1958, originally Big Foot, big + foot, relating to the large size of its supposed footprints relative to human footprints.

noun

1
An individual creature of this type.
My answer to those who believe that all Bigfoot are just huge cuddly Ewoks is to remind them that there is plenty of evidence that every member of the great apes family […] has exhibited hostility […].
The striking news on the appearance of a Bigfoot on Taibai Mountain in Xi'an, Shaanxi Provnice^([sic – meaning Province]) recently spread among local residents of Mei County located near the foot of Taibai Mountain. Is Taibai Mountain really home to a Bigfoot? Who encountered the Bigfoot on Taibai Mountain? Reporters interviewed many residents of Mei County, and their accounts varied.

verb

1
Variant of bigfootAlternative letter-case form of bigfoot.

Forms

plural: Bigfeet, Bigfoots
past tense: Bigfooted
past participle: Bigfooted
present participle: Bigfooting
third person singular: Bigfoots

big-ass · Very large; especially, very large and also expansive, fat,…big-time · To act superior to (someone), for example by talking down to…bigfoot · To control or manage forcefully; to exercise authority over.

Bigfoot · A very large, hairy, humanoid creature, similar to the yeti, said to live in the wilderness areas of the United States and Canada, especially the…

bigger · To make or become bigger.Bigger · A surname.biggest · Something that is bigger than all others in its class.

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