giant


Definition: Meaning of, giant in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈdʒʌɪənt /

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  1. extremely big, and much bigger than other things of the same type
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giant giants
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  1. an extremely tall strong man, who is often bad and cruel, in children's stories
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  2. a very large successful company
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  3. a very big man, animal, or plant
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  4. someone who is very good at doing something
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giant used in phrases

  • Giant's Causeway
    1. the Giant's Causeway a group of unusually shaped rocks on the coast of Northern Ireland, which were formed by a flow of LAVA into the sea
  • Little Giant (noun)
    1. 1813-1861 united States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln
  • Pacific giant salamander (noun)
    1. to 7 inches large salamander of western North America
  • gas giant (noun)
    1. like Jupiter any of the four outermost planets in the solar system; much larger than Earth and gaseous in nature
  • giant anteater (noun)
    1. large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America
  • giant armadillo (noun)
    1. large armadillo, about three feet long exclusive of tail
  • giant bamboo (noun)
    1. immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks
  • giant buttercup (noun)
    1. spectacular perennial native of wet montane grasslands of Peru; formerly included in genus Ranunculus
  • giant cane (noun)
    1. tall grass of southern United States growing in thickets
  • giant chinkapin (noun)
    1. small ornamental evergreen tree of Pacific Coast whose glossy yellow-green leaves are yellow beneath; bears edible nuts
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