noun
Meaning 1
Something remarkably large.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
whopper
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈwɒpə/ wine–whine merger
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[ˈwɒpə] wine–whine merger
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/ˈʍɒpə/ without the wine–whine merger
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[ˈʍɒpə] without the wine–whine merger
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/ˈwɑpɚ/ wine–whine merger
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[ˈwɑpɚ] wine–whine merger
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/ˈʍɑpɚ/ without the wine–whine merger
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[ˈʍɑpɚ] without the wine–whine merger
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rhymes with -ɒpə(ɹ)
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noun
Meaning 2
An outrageous or blatant lie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
something especially big or impressive of its kind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: whacker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: thing
noun
Meaning 4
a gross untruth; a blatant lie
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: walloper
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lie, prevarication
History
Etymology
From whop + -er.
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: knewel — something remarkably large
- Bulgarian: нещо огромно (nešto ogromno) — something remarkably large
- Chinese Mandarin: 龐然大物 /庞然大物 (pángrándàwù) — something remarkably large
- Czech: macek — something remarkably large
- Dutch: knoert — something remarkably large
- Dutch: joekel — something remarkably large
- Dutch: kanjer — something remarkably large
- Dutch: baas — something remarkably large
- Finnish: jätti — something remarkably large
- German: Mordsding — something remarkably large
- German: Oschi — something remarkably large
- German: Kaventsmann — something remarkably large
- German: Mordsapparat — something remarkably large
- Khmer: ធំសំបើម (thom sɑmbaəm) — something remarkably large
- Latvian: milzenis — something remarkably large
- Latvian: milzene — something remarkably large
- Polish: kolos — something remarkably large
- Polish: kobyła — something remarkably large
- Portuguese: colosso — something remarkably large
- Portuguese: grandalhão — something remarkably large
- Russian: грома́дина (gromádina) — something remarkably large
- Slovak: kolos — something remarkably large
- Spanish: chorro — something remarkably large
- Spanish: montón — something remarkably large
- Spanish: chingo — something remarkably large
- Spanish: mogollón — something remarkably large
- Spanish: enormidad — something remarkably large
- Turkish: okkalı — something remarkably large
- Bulgarian: опашата лъжа (opašata lǎža) — outrageous lie
- Chinese Mandarin: 彌天大謊 /弥天大谎 (mítiāndàhuǎng) — outrageous lie
- Czech: nehorázná lež — outrageous lie
- Dutch: grote leugen — outrageous lie
- Finnish: emävale — outrageous lie
- French: énormité — outrageous lie
- German: Lüge — outrageous lie
- German: Lügengeschichte — outrageous lie
- German: enorme Lüge — outrageous lie
- Japanese: 真っ赤な嘘 (makka na uso) — outrageous lie
- Korean: 새빨간 거짓말 (saeppalgan geojinmal) — outrageous lie
- Polish: wierutne kłamstwo — outrageous lie
- Portuguese: mentirona — outrageous lie
- Romanian: minciună gogonată — outrageous lie
- Russian: гну́сная ложь (gnúsnaja ložʹ) — outrageous lie
- Slovak: neslýchaná lož — outrageous lie
- Spanish: trola — outrageous lie
- Spanish: gazapo — outrageous lie
- Spanish: milonga — outrageous lie
- Spanish: coplas — outrageous lie
- Spanish: cuentazo — outrageous lie
- Turkish: palavra — outrageous lie
- Turkish: kuyruklu yalan — outrageous lie
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