Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Something of great importance or consequence: made a big deal out of getting there on time; losing one penny was no big deal.
- n. An important person: She was a big deal in local politics.
- interj. Used ironically to indicate that something is unimportant or unimpressive.
Wiktionary
- n. idiomatic Something very important, difficult, or of concern.
- interj. idiomatic, sarcastic Indicates that something is not important or impressive; so what.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an important influential person
- n. anything of great importance or consequence
Examples
“Charlie was delighted because Kliner is such a big deal in the county.”
“Great, now Darci would make a big deal about Tink's amulet, too.”
“Tolliver made a big deal out of answering it casually, but I could see that he was tense.”
“Our driver, Mr. Kellhorn, was notorious for his erratic timing, though, showing up at various times between 7: 22 and 7: 29, which might not sound like a big deal to adults, but for kids hoping to avoid having their underwear winched into their asses, it was a horror.”
“I read online somewhere that Make$ might be signing a big deal real soon with Platinum Records.”
“From the amount of information Zoey had gleaned on the Internet this morning, Gina Jefferson was a big deal in New Orleans, a woman who worked behind the scenes rather than in front, but who had gained recognition for her efforts supporting the mentally ill.”
“Crushing the Vikings would have been a big deal for the Toltecs, victory over blond, bearded giants with their fearsome weapons of iron.”
“He did remember they'd made a big deal about his tridoctorum degree including neural physiology along with astrophysics and tech design, and there did seem to be a fair amount of neural data in the Institute's files.”
“Rivera was clinging to a single, micro-thin strand of hope: the second suitcase, the one that Masterson had made such a big deal about back at the trailer.”
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unemphasized interjections
technically interjections, but usually not part of any emotive exclamation
okey-doke, ho-hum, welp, big deal, bother, hmm, iunno, mmkay, nah, crumbs, bummer, pfft and 12 more...
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The Wørd
Trademark of Stephen Colbert and The Colbert Report.
truthiness, bacchanalia, disappointed, love handles, pussy, overrated, perspective, quitter, alito, camilla-mania, cat, shhhh!... and 335 more...
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