whopper

or whap·per

[ hwop-er, wop- ]
See synonyms for whopper on Thesaurus.com
nounInformal.
  1. something uncommonly large of its kind.

  2. a big lie.

Origin of whopper

1
First recorded in 1775–85; whop + -er1

Words Nearby whopper

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use whopper in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for whopper

whopper

/ (ˈwɒpə) /


nouninformal
  1. anything uncommonly large of its kind

  2. a big lie

Origin of whopper

1
C18: from whop

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012