adj
whopping
WO-pihng
adj
1
Remarkably large or impressive in size or amount.
"She won a whopping £2 million on the lottery."
"The company posted a whopping loss last quarter."
adv
1
Used before an adjective to mean extremely.
"The bill came to a whopping expensive total."
"That's a whopping huge house."
How to Use Whopping
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishUsed to emphasise that something is surprisingly big or extreme.
Common pairings
a whopping sum
a whopping increase
Word Forms
whoppings plural
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Etymology
From the verb whop (to strike or beat) plus -ing, originally suggesting something that hits hard by its sheer size.