big one
noun
1
informal
: a thousand dollars
The house in the background, we bought it for 70 grand in 1967, it would go for two hundred big ones now, easy …—
John Updike
John Updike2
informal
: an extravagant lie : whopper
Talking about lying, I thought, I had just told a big one.—Elizabeth Chandler
Elizabeth Chandler3
the big one
or less commonly the Big One
: an extremely large and destructive earthquake
… the prediction that the Big One may come in December is triggering tremors up and down the Mississippi Valley.—Michael J. McCarthy
Michael J. McCarthyDictionary Entries Near big one
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“Big one.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20one. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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