Big stick

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Big stick may refer to:

• Big Stick Diplomacy, Theodore Roosevelt's diplomatic policy and the big stick he carried to symbolize it
  • Big Stick, West Virginia, a community named for the above
  • The nickname of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) (a larger weapon used to help enforce the above)
  • The nickname of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) (an even larger weapon used to help enforce the above)
• Big Stick (band), an alternative music act who scored a minor hit in 1986 with "Drag Racing"
• Big Stick Music, a record label
• The Chinese monk-poet Fenggan; literally translated as "big stick"