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whopper

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whop·per  (hwpr, wp-)
n. Slang
1. Something exceptionally big or remarkable.
2. A gross untruth.

[From whopping.]

whopper [ˈwɒpə]
n Informal
1. anything uncommonly large of its kind
2. a big lie
[from whop]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.whopperwhopper - a gross untruth; a blatant lie      
lie, prevarication - a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
2.whopper - something especially big or impressive of its kind
thing - an entity that is not named specifically; "I couldn't tell what the thing was"

whopper
noun
1. big lie, fabrication, falsehood, untruth, tall story (informal), fable He's always telling whoppers about his sex life.
2. giant, monster, jumbo (informal), mammoth, colossus, leviathan, crackerjack (informal) As comets go, it is a whopper.
Translations
whopper [ˈwɒpəʳ] N
1. (= big thing) → monstruo m
that fish is a whopperese pez es enorme
what a whopper!¡qué enorme!
2. (= lie) → bola f
whopper hwɒpər] n
(= lie) → bobard m >
(= large thing) → monstre m
a whopper of a ... → un vache de ... >, un(e) ... maous(se) >
whopper
n (inf) (= sth big)Brocken m (inf), → Apparat m (inf); (= lie)faustdicke Lüge
whopper [ˈwɒpəʳ] n (fam) (large thing) → cosa enorme; (lie) → balla
whopper [ˈwɒpəʳ] n (fam) (large thing) → cosa enorme; (lie) → balla


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I'd gone out pike fishing, bless you, never thinking of a trout, and when I saw that whopper on the end of my line, blest if it didn't quite take me aback.
I run away from Sunday School -- and went fishing with the Cottons -- and I told ever so many whoppers to Mrs.
 
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