Meaning

2 senses
  1. (informal)Something remarkably large.

    Mordsding, Oschi, Kaventsmann

    грома́динаgromádina

  2. (informal)An outrageous or blatant lie.

    Lüge, Lügengeschichte, enorme Lüge

    гну́сная ложьgnúsnaja ložʹ

    a gross untruth; a blatant lie

Examples

2 sentences
  1. I've heard him exaggerate before, but that story is a whopper even for him.

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  2. I believe that farmer was telling you a whopper when he said there was a robbers’ cave in these woods.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
something remarkably large:
outrageous lie:
Deutsch
something remarkably large:
outrageous lie:

Origin

From whop + -er.

From whop + -er.

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Forms

plural: whoppers
Singularwhopper
Pluralwhoppers

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a gross untruth; a blatant lie:walloper
  • something especially big or impressive of its kind:whacker

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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