Whopper
Definitions
- Something remarkably large.
- An outrageous or blatant lie.
Equivalents
Françaisénormité
Examples
“I’d gone out pike fishing, bless you, never thinking of a trout, and when I saw⟳ that whopper on the end⟳ of my line, blest if it didn’t quite take⟳ me aback. Well, you see⟳, he weighed twenty-six pound.”
“I’ve just run⟳ down from Ulster County to look⟳ at the town, bein’ that the hayin’s over with. Gosh! but it’s a whopper. I thought Poughkeepsie was some punkins; but this here town is five times as big.”
“There's a storm blowing up, Sylvester—a 'whopper', speaking in the vernacular of the peasantry.”
“When he got done telling it there was one of them uncomfortable silences that comes, you know⟳, when a person has been telling a whopper and you feel⟳ sorry for him and wish⟳ you could think⟳ of some way to change⟳ the subject and let⟳ him down easy, […]”
“Coming out with a whopper now. Rhapsodies about damn all. Believes his own⟳ lies. Does really. Wonderful liar. But want⟳ a good memory.”
“Isuzu Inc. hit pay⟳ dirt in the late '80s with its series of “Joe Isuzu” spots, featuring an oily, Satanic-looking salesman who told whoppers about Isuzu's genuine llama-skin upholstery and ability to run⟳ on tapwater.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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