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MAN-SIZED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does man-sized mean? 

MAN-SIZED (adjective)
  The adjective MAN-SIZED has 2 senses:

1. calling for the strength of a manplay

2. very large; appropriate to the size of a manplay

  Familiarity information: MAN-SIZED used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAN-SIZED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Calling for the strength of a man

Context example:

a man-sized job

Similar:

manful; manlike; manly (possessing qualities befitting a man)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Very large; appropriate to the size of a man

Context example:

a man-sized piece of cake

Similar:

big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)


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