- present participle of whop.
whopping
Americanadjective
adverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of whopping
Example Sentences
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Broad approach: An active fund holding a whopping 800 stocks is beating major indexes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
The lawsuit seeks a whopping $1.4 trillion in damages from the company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
I’ve earned a whopping 430 SkyMiles this year from reloads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
South Korea's SK hynix said Wednesday second-quarter net profit soared a whopping 1,242 percent year-on-year, driven by the artificial intelligence industry's explosive demand for its advanced memory chips.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
He also reportedly told a college audience that 45 homeless people die each second—which would mean a whopping 1.4 billion dead homeless every year.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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