Whopping
adjective
Very large or huge.
He made a whopping mistake.
Often appears as...
- whopping mistake
- whopping size
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Informal
Colloquial
adjective
Very large or huge.
He made a whopping mistake.
Often appears as...
- whopping mistake
- whopping size
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
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Pro Tip 1/3Colloquial Usage
Best used in informal settings like casual conversation, not in formal writing or reports.
She told us about her whopping win at the casino last night!
Pro Tip 2/3Emphasis on Size
'Whopping' emphasizes the surprising or impressive nature of something's size or amount.
The company reported a whopping 70% increase in sales.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Positive
Although often used for positive emphasis, it can highlight negatives like errors or losses too.
He realized he had a whopping error in his calculations.
Pro Tip 1/3Colloquial Usage
Best used in informal settings like casual conversation, not in formal writing or reports.
She told us about her whopping win at the casino last night!
Pro Tip 2/3Emphasis on Size
'Whopping' emphasizes the surprising or impressive nature of something's size or amount.
The company reported a whopping 70% increase in sales.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Positive
Although often used for positive emphasis, it can highlight negatives like errors or losses too.
He realized he had a whopping error in his calculations.
Pro Tip 1/3Colloquial Usage
Best used in informal settings like casual conversation, not in formal writing or reports.
She told us about her whopping win at the casino last night!
Pro Tip 2/3Emphasis on Size
'Whopping' emphasizes the surprising or impressive nature of something's size or amount.
The company reported a whopping 70% increase in sales.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Positive
Although often used for positive emphasis, it can highlight negatives like errors or losses too.
He realized he had a whopping error in his calculations.
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Your body language may...
That's it. That's the whole experiment. So this is what we find. Risk tolerance, which is the gambling, we find that when you are in the high-power pose condition, 86 percent of you will gamble. When you're in the low-power pose condition, only 60 percent, and that's a whopping significant difference.
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Can you solve the...
From your starting position, walk three blocks south. You need to leave the southernmost street clear for the final stretch, so continuing counterclockwise means going east. Walk two blocks to the eastern wall and you owe a whopping 36 silver.
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Naomi Mwaura: A feminist...
where a whopping 95 percent of women have experienced harassment while using public transportation. This percentage ranges all over the world, but there's not a single transport system where women do not face this type of harassment.
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Viewing nightclubs as a...
predict based on the end a week Dow Jones average to a whopping eighty six point eight percent of what's going to be hot in popular music that week in terms of the tempo and key and other basic musical characteristics thanks
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Creative houses from...
that's okay if failure destroys you then you can't do this I fail all the time every day and I've had some whopping failures I promise we're big public humiliating embarrassing failures everybody points in laughs and he said
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The real reason female...
both of my methods showed significant support for the fact that male entrepreneurs get asked promotion questions and female entrepreneurs get asked prevention questions. In fact, a whopping 67 percent of the questions posed
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Meet the World's Biggest...
millions of dark huge winged creatures dominate the skies they're an imposing sight but these black flying foxes are just big harmless bats the biggest in the world their wingspan can reach a whopping six feet
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How college loans...
and what debts you accumulated, you paid off by graduation date. Not anymore. Paul's daughter followed in his footsteps, but with one when she graduated five years ago, it was with a whopping debt.
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Just How BIG are...
The largest can be six metres long and a whopping four tons. I want to see for myself why elephant seals have become super giants. It's important to respect their personal space.
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Meet the World's Biggest...
black flying foxes are just big harmless bats the biggest in the world their wingspan can reach a whopping six feet given that the world's smallest bat
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Your body language may...
That's it. That's the whole experiment. So this is what we find. Risk tolerance, which is the gambling, we find that when you are in the high-power pose condition, 86 percent of you will gamble. When you're in the low-power pose condition, only 60 percent, and that's a whopping significant difference.
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Can you solve the...
From your starting position, walk three blocks south. You need to leave the southernmost street clear for the final stretch, so continuing counterclockwise means going east. Walk two blocks to the eastern wall and you owe a whopping 36 silver.
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Naomi Mwaura: A feminist...
where a whopping 95 percent of women have experienced harassment while using public transportation. This percentage ranges all over the world, but there's not a single transport system where women do not face this type of harassment.
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Viewing nightclubs as a...
predict based on the end a week Dow Jones average to a whopping eighty six point eight percent of what's going to be hot in popular music that week in terms of the tempo and key and other basic musical characteristics thanks
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Creative houses from...
that's okay if failure destroys you then you can't do this I fail all the time every day and I've had some whopping failures I promise we're big public humiliating embarrassing failures everybody points in laughs and he said
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The real reason female...
both of my methods showed significant support for the fact that male entrepreneurs get asked promotion questions and female entrepreneurs get asked prevention questions. In fact, a whopping 67 percent of the questions posed
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Meet the World's Biggest...
millions of dark huge winged creatures dominate the skies they're an imposing sight but these black flying foxes are just big harmless bats the biggest in the world their wingspan can reach a whopping six feet
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How college loans...
and what debts you accumulated, you paid off by graduation date. Not anymore. Paul's daughter followed in his footsteps, but with one when she graduated five years ago, it was with a whopping debt.
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Just How BIG are...
The largest can be six metres long and a whopping four tons. I want to see for myself why elephant seals have become super giants. It's important to respect their personal space.
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Meet the World's Biggest...
black flying foxes are just big harmless bats the biggest in the world their wingspan can reach a whopping six feet given that the world's smallest bat
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Nathan Myhrvold
American Businessman
In market research I did at Microsoft Corp. in the early 1990s, I estimated that the 'Wall Street Journal' took in about 75 cents per copy from subscribers, $1.25 at the newsstand and a whopping $5 per copy from ads. The ad revenue let them run a far bigger newsroom than subscribers were paying for.
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Barbara Corcoran
American Businesswoman
A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of 'curb appeal.' Rent a wide-angle lens and good lighting, get rid of your clutter and post at least eight great photos to win the beauty contest.
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Susan Orlean
American Journalist
Who on earth is going to use 'utilize' in a text message, a whopping seven characters including the always-hard-to-type 'z,' when you can say the exact same thing in three characters? I can't think of a sentence in which 'use' can't replace 'utilize.
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Martin Jacques
British Journalist
There has always been something less than wholesome about New Labour. But Blair for a long time had an easy ride. There was the whopping majority. There was the relief that the Tories were finally gone. There was the grand hyperbole.
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Mark Waid
American Writer
I think there are things that digital can't do as well as print thus far. Even an iPad is only 80% the size of a standard comics page, so the images are going to be smaller. You don't get your big, whopping two-page spreads.
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Marcus Samuelsson
Ethiopian Chef
Avocados have a creamy texture, making them a healthier replacement for ingredients like butter and mayo in recipes, though they do contain a surprisingly large amount of fat - a whopping 30 grams per medium-sized avocado.
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Bret Stephens
American Journalist
If a public figure tells a whopping lie once in his life, it'll haunt him into his grave. If he lies morning, noon and night, it will become almost impossible to remember any one particular lie.
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Cameron Britton
American Actor
We opened a theater in 2006 called Loft Ensemble in Sherman Oaks. And we write our own plays and do goofy characters and pack a whopping 20 people per night to watch our work.
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Peter Diamandis
American Businessman
In 2000, just before the first dot-com bubble burst, it cost a whopping $5 million to launch a tech startup.
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Kevin Hart
American Actor
I'm a whopping 5 foot 4 inches tall. I'm not going to get any taller.
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Nathan Myhrvold
American Businessman
In market research I did at Microsoft Corp. in the early 1990s, I estimated that the 'Wall Street Journal' took in about 75 cents per copy from subscribers, $1.25 at the newsstand and a whopping $5 per copy from ads. The ad revenue let them run a far bigger newsroom than subscribers were paying for.
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Barbara Corcoran
American Businesswoman
A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of 'curb appeal.' Rent a wide-angle lens and good lighting, get rid of your clutter and post at least eight great photos to win the beauty contest.
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Susan Orlean
American Journalist
Who on earth is going to use 'utilize' in a text message, a whopping seven characters including the always-hard-to-type 'z,' when you can say the exact same thing in three characters? I can't think of a sentence in which 'use' can't replace 'utilize.
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Martin Jacques
British Journalist
There has always been something less than wholesome about New Labour. But Blair for a long time had an easy ride. There was the whopping majority. There was the relief that the Tories were finally gone. There was the grand hyperbole.
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Mark Waid
American Writer
I think there are things that digital can't do as well as print thus far. Even an iPad is only 80% the size of a standard comics page, so the images are going to be smaller. You don't get your big, whopping two-page spreads.
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Marcus Samuelsson
Ethiopian Chef
Avocados have a creamy texture, making them a healthier replacement for ingredients like butter and mayo in recipes, though they do contain a surprisingly large amount of fat - a whopping 30 grams per medium-sized avocado.
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Bret Stephens
American Journalist
If a public figure tells a whopping lie once in his life, it'll haunt him into his grave. If he lies morning, noon and night, it will become almost impossible to remember any one particular lie.
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Cameron Britton
American Actor
We opened a theater in 2006 called Loft Ensemble in Sherman Oaks. And we write our own plays and do goofy characters and pack a whopping 20 people per night to watch our work.
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Peter Diamandis
American Businessman
In 2000, just before the first dot-com bubble burst, it cost a whopping $5 million to launch a tech startup.
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Kevin Hart
American Actor
I'm a whopping 5 foot 4 inches tall. I'm not going to get any taller.
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