Synonyms of whopping
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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The Golden Knights swept the Colorado Avalanche, which won the Presidents’ Trophy with a whopping 121 points and had been the Stanley Cup favorites since early in the regular season.
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Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 2 June 2026
Earlier this year, the ranch attracted attention by going back on the market with a whopping $65 million price tag, according to Bloomberg.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026
Some of the most expensive resale seats available for the match reached over a whopping $14,000 at the same time.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 1 June 2026
Hosted in the United States, Mexico and Canada, this will be the first edition with 48 teams, broken down into 12 groups of four teams and a whopping 104 matches in total.
—Jhasua Razo, CNN Money, 1 June 2026
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Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 2 June 2026
Earlier this year, the ranch attracted attention by going back on the market with a whopping $65 million price tag, according to Bloomberg.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026
Some of the most expensive resale seats available for the match reached over a whopping $14,000 at the same time.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 1 June 2026
Hosted in the United States, Mexico and Canada, this will be the first edition with 48 teams, broken down into 12 groups of four teams and a whopping 104 matches in total.
—Jhasua Razo, CNN Money, 1 June 2026
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“Whopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whopping. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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whopping
adjective
whop·ping
ˈhwäp-iŋ 
ˈwäp-
: extremely large
got a whopping increase in his allowance
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