Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A very large, hairy, humanlike creature purported to inhabit the Pacific Northwest and Canada.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A book-name of a mound-bird of the genus Megapodius.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US, Canada, cryptozoology, folklore A very large, hairy,
humanoid creature , similar to theyeti , said to live in thewilderness areas of theUnited States andCanada , especially thePacific Northwest . - verb Alternative spelling of
bigfoot .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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November was BIGFOOT Night! a delightful evening which brought out skeptics and honest-to-God Bigfoot fans.
Everything You Wanted to Ask About the Sci Fi Screening Room, But Were Afraid to Know... Kevin Maher 2008
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November was BIGFOOT Night! a delightful evening which brought out skeptics and honest-to-God Bigfoot fans.
Archive 2008-09-01 Kevin Maher 2008
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Actually I tend to think the greatest evidence of the sanity and intelligence of Bigfoot is the very fact that we
Big Foot? 2009
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Strangely it seems the usual gender of Homo Sapiens abducted by Bigfoot is actually Male, whoever Bigfoot is He don't seem to be interested in Women, just guys ...
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Strangely it seems the usual gender of Homo Sapiens abducted by Bigfoot is actually Male, whoever Bigfoot is He don't seem to be interested in Women, just guys ...
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Actually I tend to think the greatest evidence of the sanity and intelligence of Bigfoot is the very fact that we
Big Foot? 2009
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The mythic wild hairy creatures that walk upright through woods are called Bigfoot, Sasquatch, the Abominable Snowman and, locally, Snow Person.
Yearning for Yeti 2011
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Bigfoot is really last surviving member of the elder race.
The best conspiracy theory I have read so far... Not a sheep 2008
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Bigfoot is really last surviving member of the elder race.
Archive 2008-06-01 Not a sheep 2008
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The author explains that the more-or-less "human" qualities of the wild man have shifted - depending on the myth's moment in history - from the base to noble savage, from Lope de Vega's indulgent wild ladies to Goya's evil cannibals, from orgy-indulging satyrs to the gentler aspect of Walden and even the peculiar respect with which Bigfoot is viewed, today, as an innocent, vegetarian creature of nature on the run from modern man.
bilby commented on the word Bigfoot
"Among foreign correspondents, there is a phrase: parachuting in. That’s when a reporter drops into foreign territory during an emergency, without much preparation, staying only as long as the story remains big. The high profile people who might parachute in are called Bigfoots in the jargon of network news. The problem with being a Bigfoot, of course, is that it’s hard to walk in other people’s shoes."
- Jay Rosen, Thoughts on the Killing of a Young Correspondent, 1 Nov 2000.
March 16, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word Bigfoot
Thank you.
March 16, 2011