great big

adjective

informal
: very large
They live in a great big house.

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What if instead of giving great big hugs, Barney the purple dinosaur was committing murder? — Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026 Irish tourist Mick Madeiros, for example, marveled on TikTok that Walmart sells Fruity Pebbles cereal in great big weighty bags, comparing it to the same ones dog kibble comes in. — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 8 July 2026 While the former requires, actually subsists, on no cookware at all, the latter requires a great big saute pan. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 23 June 2026 One fear is that these pipeline problems are not merely a Golden State issue—that California’s primary is a (very) dry run for the Democrats’ path to higher leadership, and specifically the great big beautiful office that will open in 2029. — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for great big

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“Great big.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/great%20big. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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