Synonyms for big shot


Grammar : Noun

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Définition of big shot

Origin :
  • "important person," 1929, American English, from Prohibition-era gangster slang; earlier in the same sense was great shot (1861). Ultimately a reference to large type of gunshot.
  • noun very important person
Example sentences :
  • Here comes a big shot, one of the monkeys with gold buttons.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow Passes » by Roy J. Snell
  • As he passed the “big shot” smiled suavely at them, but said never a word.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow Passes » by Roy J. Snell
  • Once more it was the “big shot,” as Indian John had called him, who spoke.
  • Extract from : « Third Warning » by Roy J. Snell
  • I was indeed glad that I had one barrel loaded with big shot.
  • Extract from : « Lost in the Jungle » by Paul Du Chaillu
  • He went into the bedroom and he saw Carven, the big shot detective.
  • Extract from : « Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 » by Various
  • They simply shrugged and waited for the Jap Navy big shot to take the lead again.
  • Extract from : « Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal » by Robert Sydney Bowen
  • All I can possibly wish to do is to disable, and big shot is more likely to do that without killing, than bullets.
  • Extract from : « The Big Otter » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • Jerry had a rifle, and Hamp a double-barreled shotgun loaded with big shot.
  • Extract from : « The Camp in the Snow » by William Murray Graydon
  • He's the showoff type; always buying drinks for everybody and playing the big shot.
  • Extract from : « Four-Day Planet » by Henry Beam Piper
  • Then came a big shot that knocked over the pivot-gun, and killed half its crew.
  • Extract from : « The Naval History of the United States » by Willis J. Abbot.
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