whopper
Americannoun
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something uncommonly large of its kind.
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a big lie.
noun
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anything uncommonly large of its kind
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a big lie
Etymology
Origin of whopper
Example Sentences
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Keyes says Hong Kong Airlines made a whopper of a mistake in 2018, offering round-trip business-class fares to Asia from the U.S. for less than $600.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
New musicals are impossible dreams, and this is a whopper of a show, daunting in scale and jaw-dropping in ambition.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2025
You have invested so prodigiously that you have left yourself with a whopper of a tax bill if you were to withdraw large sums now.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 16, 2025
Telling such an obvious whopper to a jury seems like it will backfire by making them believe the defense attorneys are just liars.
From Salon • May 6, 2024
She was telling a whopper, and I wondered why.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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