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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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He made a whopping 48.5% of his 3-pointers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 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

A whopping $432 billion of that cash flow was driven by stock-based compensation, according to his math.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Weapons star Amy Madigan, meanwhile, is nominated for the second time, a whopping 40 years after her first nomination, for the aptly named Twice in a Lifetime.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Then, in May, the Soviet Union orbited Sputnik III, weighing in at a whopping 2,925 pounds.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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