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whopper colloq. or vulgar.|ˈhwɒpə(r)|
Also w(h)apper, wopper.
[f. whop v. + -er1.]
1. Something uncommonly large of its kind; a very big thing, animal, or person. (Cf. thumper 3, whacker 2.)
1785Grose Dict. Vulgar T., Whapper, a large man or woman. 1787― Prov. Gloss., Whapper, any thing large, a thumper. 1834Marryat Peter Simple xxxv, We had to pass some whoppers,..but nothing would suit Nelson but this four-decked ship. 1854R. S. Surtees Handley Cr. xv, We killed the fox—my eyes, such a wopper!
b. spec. A great lie, a monstrous falsehood.
1791Nairne Poems 93 Some do affirm—sure 'tis a Whapper! Thou'rt silver plated upon copper. 1870‘A. R. Hope’ My Schoolboy Fr. xiv, He thinks it's..better to get a licking than to tell a whopper.
2. One who whops. (In mod. Dicts.) |