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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