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noun (Informal) boaster, know-all (informal), swaggerer, self-seeker, egomaniac, egotist, braggart, braggadocio, narcissist, swell-head (informal), blowhard (informal), self-admirer You really are a big-head.
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It was a spectacle to stir the dullest soul when this gallant band marched out of the yard in full regimentals, with Captain Dove a solemn, big-headed boy of eleven issuing his orders with the gravity of a general, and his Falstaffian regiment obeying them with more docility than skill.
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The minister referring to an intelligence report received on late Wednesday cautioned the political forces to be careful as the terrorists can carry out more nefarious acts by targeting big-heads, he said while talking to journalists at Parliament House on Thursday.
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