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whopping

American  
[hwop-ing, wop-] / ˈʰwɒp ɪŋ, ˈwɒp- /

adjective

Informal.

  1. very large of its kind; thumping.

    We caught four whopping trout.

adverb

  1. extremely; exceedingly.

    a whopping big lie.
whopping British  
/ ˈwɒpɪŋ /

adjective

  1. informal uncommonly large

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Etymology

Origin of whopping

First recorded in 1615–25; whop + -ing 2

Example Sentences

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That’s a whopping 32 percentage points more than the S&P 500 over the same span.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

It was 97 degrees in Camarillo on Tuesday, surpassing the daily temperature record by a whopping 11 degrees and the all-time March record by 3 degrees.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

"Sinners," the tale of gangster twins returning home to a supernatural and segregated Deep South in the 1930s, has already made Academy Awards history with its whopping 16 nominations.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

Director Ryan Coogler is widely respected for what he was able to pull off with the film, which has a whopping 16 nominations.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Diana Turbot’s mum screamed as a string of whopping pearls unstringed themselves and bounced under hundreds of feet.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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