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5. wrangle, dispute, argument, altercation, controversy, tilt, jangle; quarrel, row, squabble, dust-up, spat, jar, tiff, Inf. hassle, Inf. barney; disagreement, falling-out, difference of opinion, discord, contention, strife, dissension, variance; conflict, clash, fight, Inf. scrap, brawl, battle; fracas, uproar, brouhaha, commotion, rumpus, Inf. rukus; struggle, tussle, donnybrook, Scot. sturt, Scot. and North Eng. threap, Inf. run-in, Inf. set-to, Sl. rhubarb; broil, embroilment, imbroglio.
bicycle, n. tandem, cycle, Brit, push-bike, Inf. bike, three-speed, Inf. a three, five-speed, Inf. a five, ten-speed, Inf. a ten, racer; highwheeler, penny-farthing, ordinary, boneshaker, velocipede, tricycle, Inf. trike; unicycle; safety bicycle, safety moped.
bid, v. 1. command, order, adjure, dictate, charge, Obs. conjure, direct, enjoin; prescribe, set, appoint, ordain, decree, demand, require; summon, call, cite, beckon, invite.
2. propose, suggest, submit, advance, extend; offer, tender, proffer, pay.
-n. 3. offer, proffer, proposal, proposition, suggestion, submission, motion; advance, ante.
bidding, n. command, commandment, order, ordinance, injunction, mandate, dictate, charge; summons, call, citation, convening; instruction, direction, prescription, enjoining; demand, requisition, request, behest, invitation; bid, offer, proffer, proposal, suggestion.
big, adj. 1. large, huge, enormous, Chiefly Brit. Inf. whacking, prodigious, immense, colossal, monstrous; gigantic, giant, tremendous, Brobdingnagian, towering, tall, overgrown; great, vast, extensive, spacious, capatious, voluminous; grand, grandiose, majestic, august.
2. bulky, hulky, hulking; massive, massy, ponderous, gargantuan, elephantine; beefy, burly, brawny, muscular, strapping, robust, stalwart, bouncing, bouncy; thickset, stocky, solid, heavy, chunky.
3. obese, overweight, corpulent, gross; paunchy, potbellied, round-bellied, big-bellied, abdominous; fat, plump, fleshy, rotund, buxom, well-fed; pudgy, Chiefly Brit, podgy, chubby, portly, stout; swollen, bloated, puffy.
4. filled, brimming, overflowing; verging, bordering, on the brink.
5. important, salient, significant, consequential, weighty, influential, powerful; notable, noteworthy, esteemed, prominent, outstanding, famous, well-known, illustrious, renowned; eminent, distinguished, elevated, exalted, high, top; chief, head, leading, foremost, prime, supreme, paramount; main, principal, primary, capital, essential, radical.
6. boastful, bombastic, inflated, swell-headed; pretentious, haughty, arrogant, pompous.
7. magnanimous, generous, unselfish, altruistic; gracious, kindly, kindhearted, benevolent, beneficent, humane, forgiving; just, fair, impartial, unbiased, unprejudiced; noble, honorable, high-minded, lofty, sublime, princely, chivalrous, heroic; splendid, superb, glorious, magnificent.
8. loud, orotund, resounding, stentorian, booming, deafening.
bigot, n. intolerant, illiberal, Inf. little person, Sl. Archie Bunker; racist, anti-Semite; sexist, male chauvinist pig; superpatriot, ultranationalist, jingo, chauvinist.