whopper

English

Etymology

whop +‎ -er

Noun

whopper (plural whoppers)

1. (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."
2. (informal) An outrageous and/or blatant lie.

Translations

something remarkably large

• Afrikaans: knewel
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• Dutch: knoert (nl) m, joekel (nl) m, kanjer (nl) m
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• Finnish: jätti (fi)
• French: énorme (fr), colossal (fr), géant (fr)
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• German: Mordsding n, Oschi (de)
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• Khmer: ធំសំបើម (tʰom sɑmbaəm)
• Latvian: milzenis m, milzene f
• Portuguese: colosso (pt) m, grandalhão m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: грома́дина (ru) f (gromádina)
• Slovak: kolos m
• Spanish: chorro (es) m, montón (es) m, (Mexico) chingo (es) m
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outrageous lie

• Czech: nehorázná lež
• Dutch: grote leugen m
• Finnish: emävale
• French: énormité (fr)
• German: Lüge (de) f, Lügengeschichte (de) f, enorme Lüge f
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• Portuguese: mentirona f
• Romanian: minciună gogonată f
• Russian: гну́сная ложь f (gnúsnaja ložʹ)
• Slovak: neslýchaná lož f
• Spanish: mentira cruel, ponzoña (es) f