Big Foot

noun
1.
a very large, hairy, humanoid creature reputed to inhabit wilderness areas of the U.S. and Canada, especially the Pacific Northwest.
Also, Bigfoot.
Also called Sasquatch.
Compare Abominable Snowman.
Origin
1960-65; so called from the size of its alleged footprints

bigfoot

[big-foo t] /ˈbɪgˌfʊt/
noun, plural bigfeet, bigfoots.
1.
a prominent or influential person, especially a journalist or news analyst.
verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
2.
to assert one's authority or influence (over):
lobbyists bigfooting around the Senate; a reporter bigfooted by a senior correspondent.
Origin
1975-80, Americanism; after Big Foot
Word Origin and History for Big Foot

bigfoot

n.

supposed elusive man-like creature of the Pacific Northwest, 1963, from big (adj.) + foot (n.).

Slang definitions & phrases for Big Foot

big foot

modifier

: George Will used his Big Foot status to get himself invited to sessions that a mere sportswriter wouldn't have been allowed near

noun phrase
  1. A senior editor, important editorialist or columnist, etc: an editor or pundit, a ''big foot'' (1980s+ Newspaper office)
  2. big shot: unlike the national policy big foot she is (1990s+)
verb

: DeeDee Myers was relegated to the sidelines, a victim of David Gergen's Bigfooting in the White House

[fr Bigfoot, one of the designations of Sasquatch, a large hairy humanoid creature thought by some to inhabit the forests of the Pacific Northwest, and probably applied to senior newspaper persons because of metaphorical size and menace]