whopper
English
Etymology
Noun
whopper (plural whoppers)
- (informal) 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."
- (informal) An outrageous and/or blatant lie.
Translations
something remarkably large
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outrageous lie
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