Usually means: Praise or promote enthusiastically and publicly.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. big-up, big up: Merriam-Webster
  2. big up: Collins English Dictionary
  3. big up: Wiktionary
  4. big up: TheFreeDictionary.com
  5. big up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. big up, big up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. big up: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

Definitions from Wiktionary (big up)

verb:  (transitive, informal) To increase one's muscle mass.
verb:  (informal) To become big.
verb:  (slang, transitive) To behave confidently and proudly.
verb:  (slang, transitive) To proclaim or exaggerate the importance of; to promote.
noun:  (slang, also big ups) Significant respect or acclaim.

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