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Bigfoot

Bigfoot

64 8.6
A large, hairy creature like a human that people say lives in remote forests
  • noun
  • /ˈbɪɡˌfʊt/
  • Literature
translation icon : Pie Grande
  • The most famous cryptids are perhaps Bigfoot and aliens, but there are many more out there.
  • Bigfoot or sasquatch
  • look for Bigfoot
  • Bigfoot appears

Like if you found Bigfoot or Dracula or Wolverine.

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Examples

  • A trail camera has captured an image of a Bigfoot in the wild.

  • This looks a little like Bigfoot, huh?

  • First of all, I think to find Bigfoot, you have to dig a hole.

  • I have a very low, low level of confidence that Bigfoot exists.

  • All roads that Bigfoot walked down led back to the same place.

    Academic text (2013)
  • So they have genuine Bigfoot news out there in the woods.

  • It says here that they found Bigfoot hair samples and DNA in Michigan!

  • I saw Bigfoot once.

  • Many people claim to have seen Bigfoot during their hikes in the forest.

  • The local legend says that Bigfoot roams the mountains at night.

Synonyms

Sasquatch
vsBigfoot
  • Literature
20 9.9

A large, hairy, humanlike creature said to live in remote forests in northwest United States and Canada

has identical meaning but is the alternative regional name

How Believable

Bigfoot
  • Literature
64 8.6
urban legend
26 4.3
myth
  • Literature
240 3.7

Surface Forms

Bigfoot singular
Bigfoots plural

Morphology

Bigfoot = big + foot (semi-transparent) = big + foot

The components 'big' + 'foot' are obvious, but the fixed proper-name referent (a mythical creature) and the nickname-like formation mean learners cannot fully predict the exact referent from components alone.

Etymology

Bigfoot is made from the common English words big and foot, literally meaning 'big foot'. That's why people used it for the large, hairy, human-like creature reported in remote forests, since the name points to the very large footprints people say they find.