= great, adj.

Very big, ‘thumping’, ‘whopping’. slang or colloquial.

? Very big.

Of conditions or qualities: present to a high degree. Also: relating to such conditions or qualities. Of a magnitude: great, unusual. Obsolete. rare.

That thwacks; that is a thwacker; big, strong, forcible; thumping, whacking.

figurative (colloquial). Of striking size, extent, or amount; exceptionally large or heavy; huge, ‘whacking’, ‘whopping’: cf. bouncing, adj.

That bounces: in various senses of the verb relating alike to loudness, brag, and vigorous or ungainly movement. Often also (like ‘thumping…

Very forcible, great, or large; huge, immense. Chiefly, now only, colloquial or slang; mostly archaic or dialect. (Cf. thumping, adj. 2, whopping…

That whops; almost always figurative, that is a ‘whopper’; abnormally large or great; ‘whacking’, ‘thumping’.

Unusually big or striking (cf. whopping, adj.). In later use chiefly English regional (northern). Now rare.

Very big, large, or fine; exceptionally good in some respect, frequently with implication of showiness or smartness.

Great, excessive, ‘bouncing’, ‘whopping’. slang or colloquial (now only dialect).

? Big, ‘whopping’. Obsolete.

That skelps, in various senses; also, big, large, lusty.

That is a ‘whacker’; abnormally large; ‘thumping’, ‘whopping’.

Of persons or things: Unusually large or fine; excellent, very good; strapping.

That makes plump or plumper; (hence) unusually big, huge, ‘whopping’.

dialect. Strikingly large, powerful, etc.; ‘thumping’, ‘whopping’. Often reinforced with big, great. (See Eng. Dial. Dict.)

Very large or fine; splendid. Now chiefly Australian.

dialect. Exceptionally or unusually large or fine.

Originally English regional (northern). Big, substantial. Used esp. as an intensifier. Cf. plonker, n. 1a.

‘whopping’.