noun
whopper
WO-puh
noun
1
Something unusually large of its kind.
"He landed a real whopper of a fish."
"That storm was a whopper."
2
A blatant, over-the-top lie.
""I've never been late once" — now that's a whopper."
"He told a whopper to get out of trouble."
How to Use Whopper
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither something impressively big, or a lie so big it's almost impressive.
When to use it
Informal and conversational.
Common pairings
a real whopper
tell a whopper
Word Forms
whoppers plural
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Etymology
From the older verb whop, meaning to strike hard, plus the suffix -er.