英和和英

動詞

big up (third-person singular simple present bigs up, present participle bigging up, simple past and past participle bigged up or (rare) big upped)

1. (transitive, informal) To increase one's muscle mass.

   Synonyms: build up, bulk up, pump iron, work out

   • 2007, David Handler, The Bright Silver Star: A Berger and Mitry Mystery:

     She was bigged up—had a weight-lifter's rippling arms.

2. (informal) To become big.

   Synonym: enlarge

   • 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 83:

     Relatively simple multicellular forms had already existed for a hundred million years when the Cambrian began: the explosion had a long fuse, and during this earlier fizzling life experimented with various ways to big up.

3. (slang, transitive) To behave confidently and proudly.
4. (slang, transitive) To proclaim or exaggerate the importance of; to promote.

   Synonyms: overemphasize, overplay, play up, sell; see also Thesaurus:exaggerate

   I want to big up my bro on the mic.

   They're trying to big themselves up to be more than they are.

   • 2007, Apple announces new mobile phone, BBC Online, 9 January 2007

     In a keynote speech, attended by over 2,000 people, Steve Jobs spent the first 10 minutes bigging up the move to Intel chips.

   • 2017, Daniel Tammet, Every Word is a Bird We Teach to Sing, →ISBN, page 162:

     Some say of me, "There's Adrian again in the media, bigging himself up.

   • 2022 August 24, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: the Cotswold Line”, in RAIL, number 964, page 61:

     Bradshaw bigs up local trades: "Agricultural produce, good cider and perry (which require a little brandy to qualify them), wool, hops, and prime cattle, - the last being a splendid breed, white-faced, with soft reddish-brown coats. [...]."

名詞

big up (plural big ups)

1. (slang, also big ups) Significant respect or acclaim.

   Synonyms: props, respect

   I want to give a big up to my bro on the mic.

参考

• strength training
• shout out
• word up