Big Blue

proper noun

The computer company IBM.

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Meanings

Big Blue1

proper noun
  1. informalThe computer company IBM.

Big Blue2

proper noun
  1. USinformalgovernmentThe US Air Force.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna reliable and deadly 15,000-pound fragmentation bomb that explodes just above ground with a large radius; the largest conventional bomb in existence; used in Afghanistan

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fragmentation bombantipersonnel bombanti-personnel bomb

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From the size of the company and the colour of its logo.

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APA

Big Blue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Big%20Blue

MLA

“Big Blue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Big%20Blue. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Big Blue,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Big%20Blue.

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