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Webster 1913 Edition


Whopper

Whop′per

,
Noun.
[Cf.
Whapper
.]
1.
One who, or that which, whops.
2.
something very large, especially a big lie. Same as
Whapper
, but the more common spelling.

Definition 2024


whopper

whopper

English

Noun

whopper (plural whoppers)

  1. 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. an outrageous lie

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