Big end
the end of a connecting rod or piston rod that is attached to a crankpin.
Historical Examples
Susan Clegg and Her Neighbors’ Affairs Anne Warner
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition Rudyard Kipling
The American Joe Miller Various
Kennedy Square F. Hopkinson Smith
Keziah Coffin Joseph C. Lincoln
The Eddy Clarence L. Cullen
Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle
The Gasoline Motor Harold Whiting Slauson
Phaeton Rogers Rossiter Johnson
The Library of Work and Play: Mechanics, Indoors and Out Fred T. Hodgson
noun (Brit)
Also called (in vertical engines) bottom end. the larger end of a connecting rod in an internal-combustion engine Compare little end
the bearing surface between the larger end of a connecting rod and the crankpin of the crankshaft
Read Also:
- Bigeye
any of several silver and red fishes of the family Priacanthidae, found in the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean and in the West Indies, having a short, flattened body and large eyes. Historical Examples Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties, Kansas Artie L. Metcalf Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties, Kansas Artie […]
- Bigeye scad
a carangid fish, Selar crumenophthalmus, of tropical seas and Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S., having prominent eyes and commonly used as bait.
- Big eyes
any of several silver and red fishes of the family Priacanthidae, found in the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean and in the West Indies, having a short, flattened body and large eyes. Contemporary Examples Arizona’s Immigrant Death Spiral Bryan Curtis July 27, 2010 Tracey Ullman’s 11 Favorite British Performances Ever Tracey Ullman December 25, […]
- Big fat
big fat Contemporary Examples Hillary’s Dangerous Mideast Leap Leslie H. Gelb September 14, 2010 The Money Trail Beast Wire October 6, 2008 Europe’s Continent Envy Alex Massie November 10, 2009 #ButtSchool – How Porn Stars Work Out: Pop Physique Promises the Perfect Derriere Aurora Snow August 22, 2014 What’s Next for the ‘Party of No’ […]
- Big foot
a very large, hairy, humanoid creature reputed to inhabit wilderness areas of the U.S. and Canada, especially the Pacific Northwest. a prominent or influential person, especially a journalist or news analyst. to assert one’s authority or influence (over): lobbyists bigfooting around the Senate; a reporter bigfooted by a senior correspondent. Contemporary Examples Pageant Moms Aren’t […]