whopper

Or whap·per

[hwop-er, wop-]

noun

Informal.

1. something uncommonly large of its kind.

2. a big lie.

whopper

/ ˈwɒpə /

noun

1. anything uncommonly large of its kind

2. a big lie

Word History and Origins

Origin of whopper¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of whopper¹

C18: from _whop

Example Sentences

New musicals are impossible dreams, and this is a whopper of a show, daunting in scale and jaw-dropping in ambition.

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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.

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Ms Crickmore said she spoiled her flea-bitten plant with masses of manure and plenty of water to produce the whopper.

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I’m not sure about you, but 2025 has been a whopper of a year so far.

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The answer, in a report now circulating through City Hall, is a whopper: $21.7 billion over a decade.

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Related Words

• untruth