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Whopper   /wˈɑpər/  /hwˈɑpər/   Listen
Whopper

noun
1.
A gross untruth; a blatant lie.  Synonym: walloper.
2.
Something especially big or impressive of its kind.  Synonym: whacker.



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"Whopper" Quotes from Famous Books



... right, Hagar—it's all right. Your old dad ain't goin' to hold it ag'in you too hard. We all make mistakes. Why, I was just goin' to make a mighty whopper myself, by killing Rex, here. You leave this to me." He pushed her toward Randerson. "You take her back to the shack, Rex. I reckon it won't take me long to do what I'm goin' to do. I'll be back ...
— The Range Boss • Charles Alden Seltzer

... ha!" cried Burr major. "They wouldn't even have a big-eared-looking fellow like that for a parchment-whopper." ...
— Burr Junior • G. Manville Fenn

... was what the vulgar would call a 'whopper.' Let not the reader think she whopped her baby or her husband. On the contrary, she was kind, ...
— Boycotted - And Other Stories • Talbot Baines Reed

... "She's a whopper, ain't she?" said Shorty's voice at Lawler's side. "I've seen a heap of this man's country, but never nothin' like that. I reckon if the Lord had spread her out a little mite further she'd have took in mighty near the whole ...
— The Trail Horde • Charles Alden Seltzer

... a grizzly, an' I'm jest as well pleased thet he loped off," said Roy. Altering his course somewhat, he led to an old rotten log that the bear had been digging in. "After grubs. There, see his track. He was a whopper ...
— The Man of the Forest • Zane Grey



Words linked to "Whopper" :   lie, thing, prevarication



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