Synonyms for big shot

Grammar : Noun

Top 10 synonyms for big shot

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Définition of big shot

Origin : "important person," 1929, American English, from Prohibition-era gangster slang; earlier in the same sense was great shot (1861). Ultimately a reference to large type of gunshot.

noun very important person

Example sentences :

Here comes a big shot, one of the monkeys with gold buttons.
Extract from : « The Shadow Passes » by Roy J. Snell

As he passed the “big shot” smiled suavely at them, but said never a word.
Extract from : « The Shadow Passes » by Roy J. Snell

Once more it was the “big shot,” as Indian John had called him, who spoke.
Extract from : « Third Warning » by Roy J. Snell

I was indeed glad that I had one barrel loaded with big shot.
Extract from : « Lost in the Jungle » by Paul Du Chaillu

He went into the bedroom and he saw Carven, the big shot detective.
Extract from : « Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 » by Various

They simply shrugged and waited for the Jap Navy big shot to take the lead again.
Extract from : « Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal » by Robert Sydney Bowen

All I can possibly wish to do is to disable, and big shot is more likely to do that without killing, than bullets.
Extract from : « The Big Otter » by R.M. Ballantyne

Jerry had a rifle, and Hamp a double-barreled shotgun loaded with big shot.
Extract from : « The Camp in the Snow » by William Murray Graydon

He's the showoff type; always buying drinks for everybody and playing the big shot.
Extract from : « Four-Day Planet » by Henry Beam Piper

Then came a big shot that knocked over the pivot-gun, and killed half its crew.
Extract from : « The Naval History of the United States » by Willis J. Abbot.

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