whoppern.
/ˈwɒpə/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɑpər/ colloquial or vulgar.
1.
a. Something uncommonly large of its kind; a very big thing, animal, or person. (Cf. thumper n. 3, whacker n. 2.)
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > an exceptionally large thing of its kind
swinger1599
rapper1653
thumper1660
whisker1668
spanker1751
slapper1781
whopper1785
skelper1790
smasher1794
pelter1811
swapper1818
jumbo1823
sneezer1823
whacker1825
whanger1825
infant1832
bulger1835
three-decker1835
bouncer1842
snorter1859
whalera1860
plonker1862
bruiser1868
snapper1874
plumper1881
boomer1885
heavy1897
sollicker1898
sanakatowzer1903
Moby Dicka1974
stonker1987
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [noun] > quality or fact of being extreme > something exceedingly great in degree
the utter1584
swinger1599
a devil of a ——1604
thumper1660
whisker1668
a (also the, one) hell of a ——c1680
swapperc1700
spanker1751
whopper1785
whacker1825
whanger1825
utmost1856
howler1872
hell1931
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Whapper, a large man or woman.
1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Whapper, any thing large, a thumper.
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xvi. 280 We had to pass some whappers [(ed. 2) p. 280 whoppers]..but nothing would suit Nelson but this four-decked ship.
1843 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross I. xii. 233 We killed the fox—my eyes, such a wopper!
b. spec. A great lie, a monstrous falsehood.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a falsehood, lie > blatant, extravagant
a lie with a latchet1580
rapper1611
banger1657
thumper1660
whisker1668
swinger1671
thwacker1674
strapper1677
volunteer1680
hummer1699
swapperc1700
rouser?1770
plumper1776
whopper1791
bouncer1803
yanker1822
rattler1825
whacker1825
falsism1835
crumper1855
bang1879
out-and-outer1880
big lie1939
1791 E. Nairne Poems 93 Some do affirm—sure 'tis a Whapper! Thou'rt silver plated upon copper.
1870 ‘A. R. Hope’ My Schoolboy Friends xiv He thinks it's..better to get a licking than to tell a whopper.
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2. One who whops. (In modern dictionaries.)
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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