whopper

See also Whopper

English

Etymology

whop + -er.

Noun

whopper (plural whoppers)

1. something remarkably large
   • Professor Marvel, talking to his horse, in The Wizard of Oz: "There's a storm blowing up, Sylvester -- a 'whopper', speaking in the vernacular of the peasantry."
2. an outrageous lie

Translations

something remarkably large

Afrikaans: knewel (af) Dutch: knoert (nl) m., joekel (nl) m., kanjer (nl) m.

German: Mordsding (de) n. Spanish: chorro (es) m., montón (es) m., (Mexico) chingo (es) m.

outrageous lie

Czech: nehorázná lež (cs) Finnish: emävale (fi)

Romanian: minciună gogonată (ro) f. Spanish: mentira cruel, ponzoña (es) f.