A very large, hairy, humanoid creature, similar to the yeti, said to live in the wilderness areas of the United States and Canada, especially the Pacific Northwest.
Alternative spelling of bigfoot
To control or manage forcefully; to exercise authority over.
The name Bigfoot was coined in late 1958 by combining "big" and "foot." It referred to the unusually large size of the massive footprints attributed to the creature compared to normal human prints.