big league

noun

1
2
: big time sense 2
often used in plural
big-league adjective
big leaguer noun

Examples of big league in a Sentence

Broadway is the big leagues, and for big bucks theatergoers expect professionalism.
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Maybe Devers finds a magic elixir this season and becomes a Gold Glove-caliber third baseman in his ninth big league season and forces the club’s hand in 2026. Dan Freedman, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025 Matzek walked 19 batters in his first 22 big league innings in 2015, a stretch that included two six-walk outings. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2025 Five of the club’s big league contenders combined for two runs (both unearned) over the final six innings. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 1 Mar. 2025 While the strike zone actually called by big league umpires tends to be oval in shape, the ABS strike zone is a rectangle, as in the rule book. Ronald Blum, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for big league

Word History

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of big league was in 1883

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“Big league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20league. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

Kids Definition

big league

noun
: the highest level especially in baseball
big-league adjective
big leaguer noun
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