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Meanings of whopping in English

(Used informally) very large.

Related terms

Exceptionally great or large.

Usage of whopping in English
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A whopping 73 percent said they were worried about their financial situation.
Reuters
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That's a whopping 50 per cent increase in less than four years.
News.com.au
3
Lee has whopping great blisters on his feet from his new shoes.
The Guardian
4
Dr Brabant has brought Great Britain's medal's tally to a whopping 45.
The Guardian
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Earlier this year, the comedy nabbed a whopping three-season renewal from Netflix.
Reuters
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It was Netflix's most-watched original series, drawing a whopping 105 million viewers.
Chicago sun times
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That compares with a whopping 78 percent for Transformers: Age of Extinction.
The Irish Times
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The next day, Obama won North Carolina by a whopping fifteen points.
Game change: obama and the clintons, mccain and palin, and the r...
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Hardaway led a whopping seven players in double figures for the Knicks.
Reuters
10
Dench reportedly said the round trip would take a whopping 48 hours.
News.com.au
11
This whopping revelation had really set the Beltway back on its heels.
The Kingmaker
12
A whopping 14 football fields of koala habitat is bulldozed each day.
News.com.au
13
Of those, a whopping 58 per cent were Australians tying the knot.
News.com.au
14
Lizzo is up for a whopping eight Grammy Awards later this month.
News.com.au
15
The rhetoric alone isn't enough to justify the whopping 45 percent premium.
Reuters
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That's a whopping saving of about 29 per cent, according to Skyscanner.
News.com.au
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