whopper
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ər, ˈwɒp- noun Informal.
1.
something uncommonly large of its kind.
2.
a big lie.
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| —n | |
| 1. | anything uncommonly large of its kind |
| 2. | a big lie |
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Whopper
is always a great word to know.
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
whopper
1785, formed as if from whop (v.) "to beat, overcome." Meaning "big lie" is recorded first in 1791. Whopping "large, big, impressive" is attested by 1625.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
If this whopper is a planet, it is the largest ever detected, defying current theory.
So the distance between the truth and the whopper is not so great after all.
The hogs in question are the whopper salmon attempting to swim past our fixed lines to their upriver spawning grounds.
But, all in all, reports have not been too bad for this whopper of a storm which in some areas reached hurricane levels.
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