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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 Informal
Adjective
unusually large: a whopping 40 per cent
Adverb
extremely: it's a whopping great gamble
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, elephantine, humongous or humungous U.S. (slang)
Translations

whopping [ˈwɔpɪŋ] adj (col) → enorme
whopping [ˈwɔpɪŋ] adj (inf) (= big); énorme
whopping [ˈwɔpɪŋ] whopper (inf) adjRiesen-, riesig
whopping [ˈwɔpɪŋ] adj (col) (= big); enorme

whopping
adj whopping [ˈwopiŋ]
(informal) (also whopping 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 monstre עָצוּם बहुत बड़ा golem, velik óriási, baromi nagy besar sekali colossale とてつもない 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 巨大的,龐大的 величезний چیختا ہوا to lớn khác thường


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I should like to be the captain of some band, and have the whopping of 'em, and follering 'em about, unbeknown to themselves.
 
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