different between bigger vs bagger

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?b???/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b???/
• Rhymes: -???(r)

Adjective

bigger

1. comparative form of big: more big
   • 1812, A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts (Walter Scott, John Somers), page 146:

     That whereas, and whereby, and by which, the major, and most greater, and most bigger, and most stronger party, […]

Translations

Verb

bigger (third-person singular simple present biggers, present participle biggering, simple past and past participle biggered)

1. (nonstandard, rare) To make or become bigger.

See also

• biggers

Anagrams

• brigge

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?bæ??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?bæ??/
• (Southern England, Australia) IPA^(key): /?bæ???/

Etymology 1

From Middle English bagger, baggere, baggare, equivalent to bag +? -er.

Noun

bagger (plural baggers)

1. One who bags.

Derived terms

• Munro bagger

Etymology 2

From bag +? -er.

Noun

bagger (plural baggers)

1. A touring motorcycle equipped with saddlebags.

Anagrams

• beggar

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?.??r/
• Hyphenation: bag?ger
• Rhymes: -???r

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bagger f (uncountable)

1. mud, dredge, dirt

2. filth, muck, any mucky or dirty substance (such as dredge)
3. (slang) junk, crap, stuff (substandard objects)

Derived terms

• baggeren

Descendants

• Afrikaans: bagger

Adjective

bagger (comparative baggerder, superlative baggerst)

1. (slang) crap, terrible, bleh

   Het weer is bagger vandaag.

   The weather is crap today.

Inflection

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

bagger

1. first-person singular present indicative of baggeren
2. imperative of baggeren

German

Pronunciation

Verb

bagger

1. inflection of baggern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative