Meaning

1 senses

  1. A blow or strike.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. The movie was a whopping success.

    deDer Film war ein Riesenerfolg. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. The rumour turned out to be a whopping lie.

    deDas Gerücht erwies sich als große Lüge. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. A whopping twenty-five goals were scored in yesterday's football highlights show.

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  4. Donald beat Jessica by a whopping five marks.

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Origin

From Middle English whappen, a variant of wappen (“to strike; fling; shoot; stun”), probab

From Middle English whappen, a variant of wappen (“to strike; fling; shoot; stun”), probably of imitative origin. Compare Old Norse vappa (“to waddle”).

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Forms

plural: whops
Singularwhop
Pluralwhops

regular

Word family

2 related words
Relatedwhap
Derivedbelly whop

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
whoopwhoopswhopping

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