English

Verb

debigulate ‎(third-person singular simple present dibigulates, present participle debigulating, simple past and past participle debigulated)

1. (rare, humorous) To reduce or shrink; to make or become smaller.
   • 2000 February 27, Ben Mann, “Re: X'tapolapocetl (Quetzelsacatanango?)”, in alt.tv.simpsons, Usenet:

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

   • 2002 October 22, Ed, “Button to enlarge or debigulate size of text?”, in netscape.public.mozilla.wishlist, Usenet:
   • 2008 May 13, Ron Newcomb, “I7: Dynamic Tables extension for Glulx”, in rec.arts.int-fiction, Usenet:

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

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:debigulate.

Synonyms

• ensmallen

Antonyms

• embiggen