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Synonyms
- astronomical
- astronomic
- Brobdingnagian
- bumper
- colossal
- cosmic
- cosmical
- cyclopean
- elephantine
- enormous
- galactic
- gargantuan
- giant
- gigantesque
- gigantic
- grand
- herculean
- heroic
- heroical
- Himalayan
- huge
- humongous
- humungous
- immense
- jumbo
- king-size
- king-sized
- leviathan
- mammoth
- massive
- mega
- mighty
- monster
- monstrous
- monumental
- mountainous
- oceanic
- pharaonic
- planetary
- prodigious
- super
- super-duper
- supersize
- supersized
- titanic
- tremendous
- vast
- vasty
- walloping
- whacking
Examples of whopping in a Sentence
The play was a whopping success.
The car sped by at a whopping 110 miles per hour.
Recent Examples on the Web
At the peak of its success in 2017, led by now–EU commissioner Thierry Breton, Atos was valued at a whopping $15 billion.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 10 Apr. 2024
Two weeks ago, a player in New Jersey won the first Mega Millions jackpot of the year: a whopping $1.13 billion.
—USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
Since then, the rap superstar has racked up a whopping 185 career entries on the Hot 100, the fourth-most for any artist in Billboard history behind Drake (329), Taylor Swift (232) and Lil Wayne (186).
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2024
The winner will play either Frisco Wakeland (24-0-2) or Leander Rouse (20-4-3) in the Class 5A state championship on Saturday at 11 a.m.
The Colleyville Heritage Panthers (23-0-2), on the road to state, have outscored opponents by a whopping 107 goals and have only conceded 16.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2024
After no one matched all five numbers plus the Powerball in the Monday, April 1 drawing, the grand prize climbed to a whopping $1.09 billion for Wednesday, April 3.
—Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
And the chances that you’re impacted are high: A whopping 85% of the United States has hard water.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 2 Apr. 2024
The set is available in sizes twin through California king and in a whopping 19 colors and patterns, including denim blue, luxe cream, and lavender.
—Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
We are told this behemoth has the capacity to carry the equivalent of a whopping 12,000 bottles of booze.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1625, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Whopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whopping. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
Kids Definition
whopping
adjective
whop·ping
ˈhwäp-iŋ
ˈwäp-
: extremely large
got a whopping increase in his allowance
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