debigulate

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verb

To reduce or shrink; to make or become smaller.

Similar
ensmallen
Opposite
embiggen
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Meanings

verbdebigulate (third-person singular simple present debigulates, present participle debigulating, simple past and past participle debigulated)

present singular third person debigulates · participle present debigulating · participle past debigulated · past debigulated

  1. humorousrareTo reduce or shrink; to make or become smaller.

    > think moe will get his ears enlarged 2.27.00? No, he'll get them debigulated.

    2000 February 27, Ben Mann, “Re: X'tapolapocetl (Quetzelsacatanango?)”, in alt.tv.simpsons (Usenet)
    1 more example

    Does debigulating a table first delete blank rows? (I don't know if blank rows are always at the end or not.)

    2008 May 13, Ron Newcomb, “I7: Dynamic Tables extension for Glulx”, in rec.arts.int-fiction (Usenet)

    Synonyms: ensmallen · Antonyms: embiggen

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo reduce or shrink; to make or become smaller.

Similar
ensmallen
Opposite
embiggen
Also see
ensmallen

Origin

Back-formation from Debigulator, itself from de- + big + -ule + -ate + -or, a fictional shrink ray featured in the 1996 episode "Treehouse of Horror VII" of the American animated television series The Simpsons.

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APA

debigulate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debigulate

MLA

“debigulate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debigulate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “debigulate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debigulate.

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