Definition of "bigtime" [bigtime]

• Significant or important; major: a bigtime comedian. (adjective)
• To an extreme degree; very much: Sales are expanding, big-time. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "He knew he would lose the state bigtime which is why he pulled out."
• "Many women from the Indy ranks have made it into the "bigtime", the WWE and TNA."
• "The earliest "bigtime" band I can remember seeing would have to be ... hmmm ...."