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/hwop"euhr, wop"-/, n.whopper.
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Whapper — Whap per, Whopper Whop per, n. [See {Whap}.] Something uncommonly large of the kind; something astonishing; applied especially to a bold lie. Now (1998) usually spelled {whopper}. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster +PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
whapper — /hwop euhr, wop /, n. whopper. * * * whapper etc.: see whopper, etc … Useful english dictionary
Whopper — Whapper Whap per, Whopper Whop per, n. [See {Whap}.] Something uncommonly large of the kind; something astonishing; applied especially to a bold lie. Now (1998) usually spelled {whopper}. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster +PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
whopper — Whapper Whap per, Whopper Whop per, n. [See {Whap}.] Something uncommonly large of the kind; something astonishing; applied especially to a bold lie. Now (1998) usually spelled {whopper}. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster +PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Whopper — Whop per, n. [Cf. {Whapper}.] 1. One who, or that which, whops. [1913 Webster] 2. something very large, especially a big lie. Same as {Whapper}, but the more common spelling. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
whopper — /hwop euhr, wop /, n. Informal. 1. something uncommonly large of its kind. 2. a big lie. Also, whapper. [1775 85; WHOP + ER1] * * * … Universalium
pud-w(h)apper — n American an obnoxious or contemptible person. One of many synonyms in use among young adolescents employing the notion of male masturbation. Here it combines whap, meaning beat or thrash, with pud, meaning the penis. ► That little pud whapper… … Contemporary slang
whop|per — «HWOP uhr», noun. Informal. 1. something uncommonly large of its kind. 2. a big lie. Also, whapper. ╂[< whop to beat, overcome + er1] … Useful english dictionary
