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[ hwop-ing, wop- ] / ˈʰwɒp ɪŋ, ˈwɒp- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR whopping ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective Informal.very large of its kind; thumping: We caught four whopping trout. adverbextremely; exceedingly: a whopping big lie. Origin of whoppingFirst recorded in 1615–25; whop + -ing2 Words nearby whoppingwhoopsie, whoosh, whoosis, whop, whopper, whopping, whore, whoredom, whorehouse, whorehouse cut, whoremaster Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for whoppingIt only weighs 10 pounds, but this cordless, hand-held electric blower still delivers a whopping 580 CFM at 145 MPH. Leaf blowers that help you fight fallen foliage|PopSci Commerce Team|September 25, 2020|Popular Science So supreme, in fact, that in a whopping 70 percent of the land where it’s legal to build housing, only single-family housing is allowed. VOSD Podcast: Living Single (Family)|Sara Libby|August 28, 2020|Voice of San Diego In 1946, President Harry Truman confronted an economic downturn and a whopping bill for the Second World War. In an ominous turn, U.S. debt is on track to soar past World War II levels|Jeff|August 24, 2020|Fortune Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet, Apple, and Facebook now make up a whopping 20 percent of the stock market’s total value. Moore’s Law Lives: Intel Says Chips Will Pack 50 Times More Transistors|Jason Dorrier|August 23, 2020|Singularity Hub
British Dictionary definitions for whopping
adjectiveinformal uncommonly large Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to whoppingcolossal, massive, big, extraordinary, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, great, huge, immense, large, mammoth, mighty, monstrous, mountainous, prodigious, tremendous |