Meaning of Whopping | Babel Free
ˈ(h)wɒpɪŋDefinitions
A beating.
Examples
“When I saw Dr. Vaughan, he was excessively kind, and told me that he was exceedingly sorry that I should have got into a mess with any of the monitors, and that, as far as he heard, I was to blame in what I had said, and so he should advise me to take the whopping, as there was no cowardice in taking anything from a legal power.”
“At least this taught me to hate violence which to me translated into thick ears or sound whoppings on the behind.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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