whopper
Americannoun
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whoppers
plural
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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
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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
Even for a president accustomed to making grandiose statements, this one was a whopper.
From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2026
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
Ms Crickmore said she spoiled her flea-bitten plant with masses of manure and plenty of water to produce the whopper.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025
‘I’ve got him! It’s a big one! It’s a whopper!’
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
In fact, out of the seven La Niñas seen over the last 15 years, three were whoppers when it came to rain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025
But don’t worry, he still has 42 days to generate a few more whoppers — even from the golf course — before this one is in the books.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2024
Lead researcher Ivo Labbe of Australia’s Swinburne University of Technology and his team expected to find little baby galaxies this close to the dawn of the universe — not these whoppers.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2023
Other prominent politicians also have been caught telling whoppers on the campaign trail.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
“And as for telling whoppers, there probably never was your like. You tell some mean stories about dragons.”
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
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