whopping

adjective

whop·​ping ˈ(h)wä-piŋ How to pronounce whopping (audio)
: extremely large

Examples of whopping in a Sentence

The play was a whopping success. The car sped by at a whopping 110 miles per hour.
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Amazon, Target, Nordstrom, and more stores are slashing prices on kitchen must-haves right now, including a smart toaster that’s a whopping 82 percent off today. Averi Baudler, People.com, 15 May 2025 Late last year, Microsoft discontinued the Surface Studio all-in-one desktop, which was never updated consistently and started at a whopping $4,300. Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2025 The cash paid out in interest started at a whopping £52.6million and didn’t improve much from there. Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 May 2025 Smartmatic wants an even bigger payday than Dominion Voting Systems, which was similarly smeared by Fox News and settled a defamation lawsuit with the network in 2023 for a whopping $787 million. Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for whopping

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1625, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of whopping was circa 1625

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“Whopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whopping. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

whopping

adjective
whop·​ping ˈhwäp-iŋ How to pronounce whopping (audio)
ˈwäp-
: extremely large
got a whopping increase in his allowance
also : incredible
a whopping success

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