Something forcible or effective; esp. something very big; a ‘whopper’. colloquial or slang; now rare or local. Cf. swingeing, adj. 2.

A remarkably good or large example of something; a person who excels in an activity. Cf. rapping, adj. 2. Now English regional (Yorkshire).

Anything ‘thumping’ or strikingly big of its kind, esp. a ‘thumping’ lie; a ‘whopper’, ‘whacker’: cf. bouncer, n. 3 4 colloquial.

slang or colloquial. Something great or excessive, a ‘whopper’ (cf. whisking, adj. 2); esp. a great lie, a ‘bang’. Now rare or Obsolete.

dialect and colloquial. Anything exceptionally large or fine; a person, animal, or thing of superior quality or character.

dialect. A large thing or object; a big, strapping, or overgrown person.

Something uncommonly large of its kind; a very big thing, animal, or person. (Cf. thumper, n. 3, whacker, n. 2.)

One who slaps or smacks; also, a specially large thing or tall person.

slang. Anything uncommon, extraordinary, or unusual, esp. unusually large or excellent.

English regional (chiefly northern). Something exceptionally large. Obsolete.

Something very big; a ‘whopper’; spec. a ‘thumping’ lie. slang or dialect.

A big clumsy person, animal, or thing; popularized, esp., as the individual name of an elephant, famous for its size, in the London Zoological…

In various slang, colloquial, or dialect senses. Something exceptionally good, great, strong, violent, etc., in some respect (cf. quots.).

Anything abnormally large of its kind; esp. a ‘thumping’ lie; a ‘whopper’.

Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). An exceptionally large or impressive example or specimen of something; = whopper, n. 1.

Humorously applied to various productions of exceptional size, strength, etc. (See quots.)

(See quot. 1872.) U.S. slang.

figurative. Applied to a thing (or person) of great size or importance.

A large specimen of its kind; a ‘thumper’.

In various slang or colloquial senses. Anything exceptionally remarkable for size, strength, severity, etc.

Anything unusually large of its kind; a ‘whacker’, ‘whopper’. U.S. slang.

Originally and chiefly English regional (northern). Something large or substantial of its kind.

An animal or thing remarkable for its size, power, ferocity, etc.

dialect. Something exceptionally large, heavy, etc.

A downright lie. In later use more generally: an unusually large example of its type. Cf. whopper, n. 1b. Obsolete.

transferred. Something very large or notable of its kind. Australian slang.

Anything particularly large and weighty of its kind.

Something very big, a ‘whopper’.

An extremely forceful blow; something particularly large or powerful, such as a heavy wave.

Something likened to Moby Dick (the great white whale central to Herman Melville's novel), esp. in being very large, important, or impressive.

Something which is very large or impressive of its kind; a ‘whopper’.