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whopping

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whop·ping  (hwpng, wp-) Slang
adj.
Exceptionally large: "yet another whopping pay raise" (Lee Atwater).
adv.
Used as an intensive: a whopping good joke.

[Present participle of whop.]

whopping [ˈwɒpɪŋ]
adj
Informal uncommonly large
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.whoppingwhopping - (used informally) very large; "a thumping loss"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"
Adv.1.whopping - extremely; "they all were whopping drunk"

whopping
adjective gigantic, great, big, large, huge, giant, massive, enormous, extraordinary, tremendous, monstrous, whacking (informal), mammoth, prodigious, fuck-off (offensive taboo slang), elephantine, humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) Planned spending amounts to a whopping $31.4 billion.
Translations
whopping [ˈwɒpɪŋ] ADJ (also whopping great) → enorme, grandísimo

whopping hwɒpɪŋ] adj (= big) [fee] → exorbitant(e); [increase] → spectaculaire; [lie, mistake] → énorme
a whopping 85% of the vote → un pourcentage écrasant de 85% des suffrages
whopping great, whopping big → maous(se) >, mahous(se) >
a whopping great chocolate cake → un gâteau au chocolat maous

whopping
adj (inf)Mords- (inf), → Riesen-; a whopping amountein Riesenbetrag m, → ein Mordsbetrag m (inf); a whopping big fishein mordsgroßer Fisch (inf), → ein Monstrum ntvon einem Fisch (inf)

whopping [ˈwɒpɪŋ] adj (fam) (also whopping great) → enorme
whopping [ˈwɒpɪŋ] adj (fam) (also whopping great) → enorme

whopping
adj whopping [ˈwopiŋ]
(informal) (alsowhopping great) huge; very large or big a whopping lie; a whopping great deficit. groot, vet كَبير، هائِل огромен obrovský enorm Riesen- πελώριος, τεράστιος enorme, gigante tohutu خيلى بزرگ huikea monstre עָצוּם बहुत बड़ा golem, velik óriási, baromi nagy besar sekali colossale とてつもない 굉장히 큰 didžiulis, milžiniškas milzīgs, neiedomājams besar; sangat besar gigantisch, reusachtig; zeer groot kjempestor, enorm ogromny, wielki огромный; чудовищный obrovský, velikánsky velikanski ogroman jättestor, jätte- ใหญ่มาก çok büyük, kocaman (非正式,同whopping great)巨大的,龐大的 величезний چیختا ہوا to lớn khác thường


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