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BIG SHOT

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• BIG SHOT (noun)
The noun BIG SHOT has 1 sense:

1. an important influential person

Familiarity information: BIG SHOT used as a noun is very rare.

• BIG SHOT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An important influential person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

big cheese; big deal; big enchilada; big fish; big gun; big shot; big wheel; head honcho

Context examples:

he thinks he's a big shot / she's a big deal in local politics / the Qaeda commander is a very big fish

Hypernyms ("big shot" is a kind of...):

important person; influential person; personage (a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "big shot"):

knocker ((Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person)

supremo (the most important person in an organization)

"A cobbler formed the shape of shoes on a wooden foot shaped last. If it lasted long he was happy"
(English proverb)
"Walk lightly in the spring; Mother Earth is pregnant."
(Native American proverb, Kiowa)
"The cure for fate is patience."
(Arabic proverb)
"Many hands make light work."
(Dutch proverb)

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