whopping

whopping
1.
(coll.)adjective riesig; Riesen- (ugs.); faustdick [Lüge]
2. adverb

whopping great — see 1.

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['wopiŋ]
adjective
((informal) (also whopping great) huge; very large or big: a whopping lie; a whopping great deficit.)
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whop·ping
[ˈ(h)wɒpɪŋ, AM ˈ(h)wɑ:p-]
(fam)
I. adj inv saftig fam
she got a \whopping 12 000 votes more than her opponent sie bekam satte 12.000 Stimmen mehr als ihr Gegner
\whopping lie faustdicke Lüge fam
\whopping great riesengroß fam
II. n AM
1. (beating) Prügel pl fam
to give sb a \whopping jdm Prügel [o eine Abreibung] verpassen fam
2. (defeat) Schlappe f fam
to take a [sound] \whopping [from sb] eine [schwere] Schlappe [von jdm] einstecken müssen fam
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['wɒpɪŋ]
adj (inf)
Mords- (inf), Riesen-

a whopping amount — ein Riesenbetrag m, ein Mordsbetrag m (inf)

a whopping big fish — ein mordsgroßer Fisch (inf), ein Monstrum nt von einem Fisch (inf)

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whopping adj & adv umg Mords…:
a whopping (big) ship;
whopping (big oder great) lie → academic.ru/82239/whopper">whopper 2
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1.
(coll.)adjective riesig; Riesen- (ugs.); faustdick [Lüge]
2. adverb

whopping great — see 1.

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adj.
kolossal adj.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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