noun, plural big·feet, big·foots.
- a prominent or influential person, especially a journalist or news analyst.
verb (used with or without object)
- to assert one’s authority or influence (over): lobbyists bigfooting around the Senate; a reporter bigfooted by a senior correspondent.
noun
- a very large, hairy, humanoid creature reputed to inhabit wilderness areas of the U.S. and Canada, especially the Pacific Northwest.
supposed elusive man-like creature of the Pacific Northwest, 1963, from big (adj.) + foot (n.).