whopping
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whopping
- /ˈ(h)wɒpɪŋ/ UK
- /ˈ(h)wɑpɪŋ/ US
Rhymes with -ɒpɪŋ
Where it comes from
whop (verb) + -ing.
adjective
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Exceptionally great or large.
It weighed a whopping 700 pounds when it was full.
Similar: large
adverb
- Exceedingly, extremely, very. Is she doing a tango? A buck and wing? A soulful modern ballet? No, Joan Crawford is having a whopping good time learning judo, the Japanese art of self-defense, for her new movie, The Caretakers. Joan plays a nurse who uses judo holds to subdue unruly patients in a mental hospital.
verb
- present participle and gerund of whop
noun whoppings
- A beating. When I saw Dr. Vaughan, he was excessively kind, and told me that he was exceedingly sorry that I should have got into a mess with any of the monitors, and that, as far as he heard, I was to blame in what I had said, and so he should advise me to take the whopping, as there was no cowardice in takin
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: humongous, big, walloping, large, thumping, immense, huge, massive, tremendous, enormous, breathtaking, amazing, impressive, astonishing, remarkable, surprising
Translations
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adj exceptionally great or large
| Español | enorme, gigante, descomunal, morrocotudo, (por la) friolera de |
|---|---|
| Français | immense, énorme, gigantesque, considérable, incommensurable |
| Deutsch | riesig, enorm |
| Italiano | enorme |
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