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whopping - 4 dictionary results
whop⋅ping
[hwop-ing, wop-] 
ɪŋ
–adjective Informal.
| 1. | very large of its kind; thumping: We caught four whopping trout. |
–adverb
| 2. | extremely; exceedingly: a whopping big lie. |
whop
[hwop, wop] verb, whopped, whop⋅ping, noun Informal.–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to strike forcibly. |
| 2. | to defeat soundly, as in a contest. |
| 3. | to put or pull violently; whip: to whop out a book. |
–verb (used without object)
| 4. | to plump suddenly down; flop. |
–noun
| 5. | a forcible blow. |
| 6. | the sound made by it. |
| 7. | a bump; heavy fall. |
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| whop (hwŏp, wŏp) tr.v. whopped, whop·ping, whops
[Middle English whappen, variant of wappen, to throw violently.] |
| whop·ping (hwŏp'ĭng, wŏp'-) adj. Exceptionally large: "yet another whopping pay raise" (Lee Atwater). adv. Used as an intensive: a whopping good joke. [Present participle of whop.] |
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