whopping

[ hwop-ing, wop- ]
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adjectiveInformal.
  1. very large of its kind; thumping: We caught four whopping trout.

adverb
  1. extremely; exceedingly: a whopping big lie.

Origin of whopping

1
First recorded in 1615–25; whop + -ing2

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British Dictionary definitions for whopping

whopping

/ (ˈwɒpɪŋ) /


adjective
  1. informal uncommonly large

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