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whopper

whop·per
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hwop-er, wop-]
    • /ˈʰwɒp ər, ˈwɒp-/
    • /ˈwɒp.ər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hwop-er, wop-]
    • /ˈʰwɒp ər, ˈwɒp-/

Definitions of whopper word

  • abbreviation Technical meaning of WHOPPER WarGames 3
  • noun whopper something uncommonly large of its kind. 1
  • noun whopper a big lie. 1
  • noun whopper A thing that is extremely or unusually large. 1
  • noun whopper sth particularly large 1
  • noun whopper big lie 1

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Origin of whopper

First appearance:

before 1775
One of the 45% newest English words
First recorded in 1775-85; whop + -er1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Whopper

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

whopper popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for whopper

noun whopper

  • monster — a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
  • giant — (in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
  • whale — any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, especially as distinguished from the smaller dolphins and porpoises, having a fishlike body, forelimbs modified into flippers, and a head that is horizontally flattened.
  • elephant — A heavy plant-eating mammal with a prehensile trunk, long curved ivory tusks, and large ears, native to Africa and southern Asia. It is the largest living land animal.
  • goliath — the giant warrior of the Philistines whom David killed with a stone from a sling. I Sam. 17:48–51.

adjective whopper

  • mondo — a question to a student for which an immediate answer is demanded, the spontaneity of which is often illuminating.
  • tremendous — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
  • oversize — of excessive size; unusually large: an oversize cigar.
  • heavy-duty — providing an unusual amount of power, durability, etc.: heavy-duty machinery; heavy-duty shoes.
  • large-scale — very extensive or encompassing; of great scope: a large-scale business plan.

Antonyms for whopper

noun whopper

  • truth — the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.

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