Definitions

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  • adjective chiefly UK, slang massive; very large; huge

Etymologies

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Possibly a blend of massive and huge

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Examples

  • You don't want to live in that one just off centre - it either has no walls or they are all glass which would be a mahoosive cleaning issue.

    Sunday Stash Katy 2009

  • Is the remaining 90% of land suddenly going to fill up with new buildings for a mahoosive explosion in the population?

    Not Me, Guv 2007

  • If you are wondering the size of the flags, we are not talking a tasteful little thing in the corner of the room, we are talking mahoosive things the like we have only previously seen draped on the side of my local pub during World Cups. see pic

    Archive 2006-12-01 Kerron Cross 2006

  • If you are wondering the size of the flags, we are not talking a tasteful little thing in the corner of the room, we are talking mahoosive things the like we have only previously seen draped on the side of my local pub during World Cups. see pic

    A Flagging Interest Kerron Cross 2006

  • In the SOS article it says that its like mahoosive, but in the picture it doesn't look-a-so biiig.

    eBay of the year: Yamaha GX-1 2005

  • Re: Tesco - I reckon it's the start of Tesco losing it's no.1 position in the grocery sector, rather than presaging some mahoosive collapse in general retail trading.

    The Guardian World News Rupert Neate 2012

  • Where the conscript system excels is in amassing a mahoosive reserve that can be called upon in times of peril to national survival, as the Finns, Israelis, Swiss, Russians, Swedes all appear to have.

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • Where the conscript system excels is in amassing a mahoosive reserve that can be called upon in times of peril to national survival, as the Finns, Israelis, Swiss, Russians, Swedes all appear to have.

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • I am a mahoosive fan of his, since the earliest days.

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • Where the conscript system excels is in amassing a mahoosive reserve that can be called upon in times of peril to national survival, as the Finns, Israelis, Swiss, Russians, Swedes all appear to have.

    Army Rumour Service 2010

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