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big game

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big game
n.
1. Large animals or fish hunted or caught for sport.
2. Informal An important objective.
big-game (bggm) adj.
big game
n
1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) large animals that are hunted or fished for sport
2. Informal the objective of an important or dangerous undertaking
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.big gamebig game - large animals that are hunted for sport
game - animal hunted for food or sport


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I expect you've heard of him; shoots big game and all that.
The Man Who Knew Too Much by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
With his civilized friends he had hunted big game with the weapons of civilization and though he never had killed except for food or in self-defense he had amused himself firing at inanimate targets thrown into the air and had perfected himself in the use of firearms without realizing that he had done so.
Tarzan the Untamed by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
The lightless walls seem to spring from the very mud upon which the stranded barges lie; and the narrow lanes coming down to the foreshore resemble the paths of smashed bushes and crumbled earth where big game comes to drink on the banks of tropical streams.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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