bigwig

bigwig

1. A prominent or significant person. That guy's a real bigwig in the art world, so please don't say anything to embarrass me.
2. Someone who is arrogant or conceited. Quit acting like such a bigwig—you're no more important than the rest of us.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bigwig

n. an important person; a self-important person. Some bigwig in a pinstripe suit waltzed through and asked me to leave.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • wig
  • embarrass
  • embarrass (one) about (something)
  • embarrass about
  • blivit
  • flit from person to person
  • droob
  • drube
  • blowhard
  • cheesehead
References in periodicals archive
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Bigwig led two out after a slow pace in the handicap hurdle to beat Sorbiere by three and a half lengths.
Plumpton: Gallagher grabs treble
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Lloyds suitor in bonus vow; REJECT'S BRANCH BID
David Chapman's horses are running well and Young Bigwig is fancied to go one better here.
Bank on Bigwig to go one better; THE NORTH
Young Bigwig is far too big a price at 25-1 with Coral as he is 9lb lower than when beaten less than five lengths in the Gosforth Cup over this course and distance last season.
Pricewise: Tom Tun to make fitness count at 9-2
Last year, after running seventh of 10 on the Fibresand at Wolverhampton, it took Young Bigwig only two races to pop up at big odds in a handicap at Thirsk from a mark higher than today's.
Betting Bureau: Bigwig simply too big; TODAY'S BETS
LEICESTER: 2.20 Young Bigwig, 3.20 Ella Falls, 3.50 Isle Of Sodor (nap), 4.50 Barresbo.
The North: Isle Of Sodor to pay for her trip; View From The Training Centre
CARLISLE: 2.20 Astonished, 2.50 Barresbo, 3.20 Queens Consul, 3.50 Golden Thunderbolt, 4.20 Young Bigwig (nap), 4.50 Kickonsun.
The North: Plum draw points to Young Bigwig
David Chapman's Young Bigwig has the best of the draw in the Danka Amateurs' Handicap (6.50).
The North: Stormless the clear choice
The gates open at 4pm for World Cup fans and early birds can cash in on Young Bigwig (6.50) in the opener.
BIGWIG TO GIVE PUNTERS A FLYER
The SNP bigwig didn't park the motor himself - it was a colleague.
COPS NAB LP'S CAR
The 37-year-old former Mrs Jude Law may have rather overdone the Christmas spirit as she lurches against theatre bigwig Michael White.
3am: Sadie's a White state
| |CONTROVERSIAL tycoon Sir Philip Green has poached Paul Price, a bigwig at upmarket fashion firm Burberry, to run his Topshop and Topman chains.
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Colorado Springs, CO, April 14, 2017 --(PR.com)-- Bigwig Races, a Colorado Springs-based promoter and timer of 5K and 10K races, confirmed today that all finishers of this year's Hams and Hamstrings 5K will receive a free mini Easter ham.
Every Finisher Gets a Ham at the Hams and Hamstrings 5K
Take one of the officials charged, 86-year-old Paraguayan bigwig Nicolas Leoz, who, an aide said, would support England's 2018 World Cup bid if the FA Cup was named after him.
IT'S A MALE BALLS-UP