Big Mac

US/bɪɡ mæk/

noun

A hamburger from the fast food company McDonald's, served on a three-part bun with various condiments.

Meanings

nounBig Mac (plural Big Macs)

plural Big Macs

  1. A hamburger from the fast food company McDonald's, served on a three-part bun with various condiments.

    But when he comes back, he'll come home from work with a poisoned Big Mac and try to do me in.

    2006, Dr. Calvin Miller, The Dogs of Snoqualmie, Broadman & Holman Publishers, page 12
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    On his thirtieth birthday Buddy Barnes received a reindeer sweater and a ten-dollar bill from his mom, as well as the following gifts from the Sticks: two Big Mac certificates, a package of ribbed prophylactics, three pairs of toe socks, a bottle of Wild Turkey, [...].

    1980, Tom Lorenz, Guys Like Us, Viking Press, page 1

    In a light-hearted vein, the weekly news magazine The Economist has tested the PPP index by producing its own Big Mac index. This shows how much a standardized product such as a Big Mac costs in different countries and the result is actually surprisingly close to the PPP index.

    2001, Bjørn Lomborg, The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World, Cambridge University Press, page 73

    I've heard my patients talk about exercising to "burn off the Big Mac" they ate for lunch or for that key lime pie they demolished last night. However, this type of reasoning isn't all that compelling if you sit down and work out the math. You must walk more than 6 miles—well over an hour—to burn off a Big Mac.

    2003, Arthur Agatston, The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Management, Rodale, page 144

    The Chicken Big Mac is similar to its beefy sibling; however, it replaces the two burgers with two tempura chicken patties.

    2024 October 3, Jordan Valinsky, “McDonald’s is finally selling the Chicken Big Mac in the US”, in CNN

Origin

From big + Mac (patronymic, from the Mc in McDonald's).

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Translations

Arabic بِيج مَاك, بِيغ مَاك
  • بِيج مَاك (big mak)burger
  • بِيغ مَاك (big mak)burger
  • بِيغ مَاك (biḡ mak)burger
Bulgarian Биг Мак
  • Биг Мак (Big Mak)burger
Catalan Big Mec
  • Big Mecburger
Chinese Cantonese 巨無霸 /巨无霸
  • 巨無霸 /巨无霸 (geoi⁶ mou⁴ baa³)burger
Chinese Mandarin 巨無霸 /巨无霸, 大麥克漢堡 /大麦克汉堡
  • 巨無霸 /巨无霸 (jùwúbà)burger
  • 大麥克漢堡 /大麦克汉堡 (Dà Màikè Hànbǎo)burger
  • 麥香堡 /麦香堡 (Màixiāngbǎo)burger
Czech Big Mac
  • Big Macburger
Danish Big Mac
  • Big Macburger
Dutch Big Mac
  • Big Macburger
Finnish Big Mac
  • Big Macburger
French Big Mac
  • Big Macburger
German Big Mäc, Big Mac
  • Big Mäcburger
  • Big Macburger
Greek Μπιγκ Μακ
  • Μπιγκ Μακ (Bigk Mak)burger
Hebrew ביג מק
  • ביג מק (big mek)burger
Hindi बिग मैक
  • बिग मैक (big maik)burger
Hungarian Big Mac
  • Big Macburger
Italian Big Mac
  • Big Macburger
Japanese ビッグマック
  • ビッグマック (biggumakku)burger
Korean 빅맥
  • 빅맥 (bingmaek)burger
Malay Big Mac
  • Big Macburger
Māori Makanui
  • Makanuiburger
Norwegian Big Mac
  • Big Macburger
Persian بیگ مک
  • بیگ مک (big mak)burger
Polish Big Mac
  • Big Macburger
Portuguese Big Mac
  • Big Macburger
Romanian Big Mac
  • Big Macburger
Russian Биг Ма́к, биг-мэ́к
  • Биг Ма́к (Big Mák)burger
  • биг-мэ́к (big-mɛ́k)burger
  • биг-ма́к (big-mák)burger
Slovak Big Mac
  • Big Macburger
Spanish Big Mac
  • Big Macburger
Swedish Big Mac
  • Big Macburger
Tagalog Big Mac
  • Big Macburger
Tamil பிக் மக்
  • பிக் மக் (pik mak)burger
Thai บิ๊กแม็ค
  • บิ๊กแม็ค (bík-máek)burger
Turkish Big Mac
  • Big Macburger
Ukrainian Біг Ма́к, Біґ Ма́к
  • Біг Ма́к (Bih Mák)burger
  • Біґ Ма́к (Big Mák)burger
Urdu بگ میک
  • بگ میک (big maik)burger
Cite this entry
APA

Big Mac. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Big%20Mac

MLA

“Big Mac.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Big%20Mac. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Big Mac,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Big%20Mac.

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