biggie

[ big-ee ]

noun

, Slang.

1. an important, influential, or prominent person; big shot; bigwig.
2. something that is very large, important, impressive, or successful:

   a merger of two corporate biggies;

   a movie that was this year's box-office biggie.

Word History and Origins

Origin of biggie¹

First recorded in 1930–35; big ¹ + -ie

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. (it’s) no big·gie, Informal. no biggie

Example Sentences

Suge and Dre were there, as were Combs and Biggie.

From BBC

In 1992, Sean Combs - then known as Puffy and later as P Diddy - launched his Bad Boy record label in New York with artists including Notorious BIG, aka Biggie Smalls.

From BBC

He later implied that his former friend Biggie may have known about the attack in advance.

From BBC

Biggie then released the track Who Shot Ya?, which Tupac thought was about him.

From BBC

"Also, the east/west coast beef was mainly ignited by jealousy. It was an ashtray fire fanned into a big deal by media outlets that led to Biggie and Tupac getting killed."

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