whapper

American  

[hwop-er, wop-] / ˈʰwɒp ər, ˈwɒp- /

noun

1. a variant of whopper.

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Example Sentences

I know'd this was a whapper of a lie, as soon as I heard it.

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That little fellow, Imri, is a whapper, sir.

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Now Mr. Linden," said Joe Deacon, "this tree's a whapper!

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Her eye wandered to the further woodland, softest of all in hazy veils; to the nearer brilliant vegetation; the open fallow; the wood behind her, where the trees closed in upon each other; oftenest of all, at the 'whapper' of a tree in which Mr. Linden still kept his place, and at the happy busy sight and sound of all under that tree.

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Also, a name given to a well-known turtle, Chelonia caouana, from its having a great head; it is sometimes called the whooper or whapper.

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