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whopping

whopping

1 5.0
Very large in size or amount
  • adjective
  • /ˈwɑːpɪŋ/
  • Informal
translation icon : enorme
  • The team celebrated their whopping success after winning the championship trophy.

But actually that corona is a whopping million degrees.

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Examples

  • The new mall includes a whopping variety of stores and restaurants.

  • Next up is a whopping huge hand cream.

  • You can see a whopping difference here.

  • I'd been in Charlotte for a whopping week before the first emergency room visit happened.

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  • He had three kids, young kids, and he had this whopping big massive house on, on the Noosa waters.

  • We were at Lora's house for a whopping 20 minutes, and that's only because we showed Husband and the boys the other goats they had.

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  • She received a whopping bonus for her outstanding performance at work.

Synonyms

huge
vswhopping
∞ 1.0

Very large in size, amount, or degree

is more informal and casual in everyday speech than this neutral term
humongous
vswhopping
  • Informal
37 3.6

Very large in size, much bigger than normal

is informal and casual in tone rather than plain or neutral
thumping
vswhopping
  • Informal
1 4.6

Very large or very great in size, amount and quality

expresses large degree but with less forceful emphasis
walloping
vswhopping
  • Informal
6.3

Very large in size or amount

is the same in meaning but differs only as an informal variant
whacking
vswhopping
  • UK
7.7

Very large in size or amount

is similar but used more generally, not marked as British
whooping
vswhopping
  • Informal
4.9

Very large and impressive in size or amount

focuses on great size itself rather than on being impressive
hugemongous
vswhopping
  • Informal
8.6

Very large, often said in a playful way

states great size without the playful humorous tone

Antonyms

tiny
∞ 1.0

So small it can fit in your hand

insignificant
104 4.1

Not important or too small to matter

How Big

enormous
842 2.1
whopping
  • Informal
1 5.0
huge
∞ 1.0
large
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

whopping positive

Morphology

whopping = whop (opaque) = whop + ing

The form is built from 'whop' plus '-ing', but the modern meaning 'very large' or 'extremely' is not predictably derived from the base verb.

Etymology

Whopping comes from the old verb whop, which meant 'to hit' or 'give a big blow', like the familiar word whack. Over time that image of a 'big hit' turned into the idea of size, so a whopping amount is a very large amount.