Standard Lemma guide

whopping

adj · adv · noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈ(h)wɒpɪŋ/
  • General-American: /ˈ(h)wɑpɪŋ/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒpɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: W AA1 P IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: HH W AA1 P IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Exceptionally great or large.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, not-comparable

Examples

  • It weighed a whopping 700 pounds when it was full.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

Exceedingly, extremely, very.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A beating.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

present participle and gerund of whop.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

(used informally) very large

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a thumping loss

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: humongous, banging, thumping, walloping

Antonyms: none provided

6

adverb

Meaning 6

extremely

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they all were whopping drunk

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

whop (verb) + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: огромен (ogromen) — exceptionally great or large
  • Finnish: valtava — exceptionally great or large
  • French: immense — exceptionally great or large
  • French: énorme — exceptionally great or large
  • French: gigantesque — exceptionally great or large
  • French: considérable — exceptionally great or large
  • French: incommensurable — exceptionally great or large
  • Galician: enorme — exceptionally great or large
  • Galician: xigante — exceptionally great or large
  • German: riesig — exceptionally great or large
  • German: enorm — exceptionally great or large
  • Italian: enorme — exceptionally great or large
  • Spanish: enorme — exceptionally great or large
  • Spanish: gigante — exceptionally great or large
  • Spanish: descomunal — exceptionally great or large
  • Spanish: morrocotudo — exceptionally great or large
  • Spanish: (por la) friolera de — exceptionally great or large