whopper

ˈwɑːpər

Definition

Definition of whopper - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

sizevery large or extreme example of its kind

The fish he caught was a real whopper.!

colossus

giant

deception

outrageous or blatant lie

He told a whopper about his adventures.

falsehood

fib

lie

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Expressions with whopper

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that fish is a whopper

exp.

very large fish

Wow, that fish is a whopper!

belly whopper

dive where the belly hits the water first

He laughed after doing a belly whopper into the pool..

Origin of whopper

English, whop (strike heavily)

Examples of whopper in a sentence

He told a whopper of a lie.
She spun a whopper about her weekend plans.
The politician's speech was full of whoppers.

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French:géant, gros mensonge, ...
German:riesiges Beispiel, Lügengeschichte, ...
Italian:bestione, balla, ...
Spanish:cosa enorme, mentira, ...
Portuguese:grande exemplar, mentira escandalosa, ...
Chinese:庞然大物, 弥天大谎, ...
Japanese:巨大なもの, 大ぼら, ...
Arabic:عِمْلاق, كَذْبَة كَبِيرَة, ...
Hebrew:עֲנָק, שֶׁקֶר גַּס, ...
Russian:громадина, небылица, ...
Ukrainian:велетенська риба, байка, ...
Hindi:दानव, बड़ा झूठ, ...
Bengali:দানব, ডাহা মিথ্যা, ...
Catalan:monstre, mentida grossa, ...
Czech:obřík, lež, ...
Danish:kæmpe, skrøne, ...
Dutch:joekel, flagrante leugen, ...
Greek:θηρίο, χοντρό ψέμα, ...
Hungarian:óriás, orbitális hazugság, ...
Khmer:របស់ដែលធំខ្លាំង ឬលើសធម្មតា, ការកុហកធំក្លែងក្លាយ, ...
Korean:거대한 것, 터무니없는 거짓말, ...
Persian:غول, دروغ شاخدار, ...
Polish:olbrzym, bujda, ...
Portuguese (BR):grande exemplar, mentira deslavada, ...
Romanian:uriaș, minciună gogonată, ...
Swedish:baddare, skröna, ...
Thai:ของชิ้นโต, คำโกหกคำโต, ...
Turkish:devasa şey, kuyruklu yalan, ...
Vietnamese:thứ cực lớn, chuyện bịa, ...

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