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whopping

verb noun adjective adverb

To throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact.

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Word Facts

Word length
8
Starts with
W
Ends with
G
Contains
HO
Scrabble score
19
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

/ˈ(h)wɒpɪŋ/ /ˈ(h)wɑpɪŋ/

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Meaning

Definitions

verb

  1. To throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact.

    “He angrily whopped the book onto the table.”

  2. To administer corporal punishment

noun

  1. A beating.

adjective

  1. Exceptionally great or large.

    “It weighed a whopping 700 pounds when it was full.”

adverb

  1. Exceedingly, extremely, very.

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Example Sentences

He angrily whopped the book onto the table.
It weighed a whopping 700 pounds when it was full.

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