I've heard him exaggerate before, but that story is a whopper even for him.
Source: tatoeba (6993585)
Whopper
//ˈwɒp.ə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "whopper" (26 found)
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50 translations across 19 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- knewel noun (something remarkably large)
Bulgarian
2 entries- нещо огромно noun (something remarkably large)
- опашата лъжа noun (outrageous lie)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 彌天大謊 /弥天大谎 noun (outrageous lie)
- 龐然大物 /庞然大物 noun (something remarkably large)
Czech
2 entries- macek noun (something remarkably large)
- nehorázná lež noun (outrageous lie)
Dutch
4 entries- baas noun (something remarkably large)
- grote leugen noun (outrageous lie)
- joekel noun (something remarkably large)
- kanjer noun (something remarkably large)
Finnish
2 entries- emävale noun (outrageous lie)
- jätti noun (something remarkably large)
French
1 entries- énormité noun (outrageous lie)
German
4 entries- Kaventsmann noun (something remarkably large)
- Lüge noun (outrageous lie)
- Lügengeschichte noun (outrageous lie)
- Mordsapparat noun (something remarkably large)
Japanese
1 entries- 真っ赤な嘘 noun (outrageous lie)
Khmer
1 entries- ធំសំបើម noun (something remarkably large)
Korean
1 entries- 새빨간 거짓말 noun (outrageous lie)
Latvian
2 entries- milzene noun (something remarkably large)
- milzenis noun (something remarkably large)
Polish
3 entries- kobyła noun (something remarkably large)
- kolos noun (something remarkably large)
- wierutne kłamstwo noun (outrageous lie)
Portuguese
3 entries- colosso noun (something remarkably large)
- grandalhão noun (something remarkably large)
- mentirona noun (outrageous lie)
Romanian
1 entries- minciună gogonată noun (outrageous lie)
Russian
2 entries- гну́сная ложь noun (outrageous lie)
- грома́дина noun (something remarkably large)
Slovak
2 entries- kolos noun (something remarkably large)
- neslýchaná lož noun (outrageous lie)
Spanish
4 entries- chingo noun (something remarkably large)
- chorro noun (something remarkably large)
- coplas noun (outrageous lie)
- cuentazo noun (outrageous lie)
Turkish
2 entries- okkalı noun (something remarkably large)
- palavra noun (outrageous lie)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
I believe that farmer was telling you a whopper when he said there was a robbers’ cave in these woods.
Source: tatoeba (11844960)
I’d gone out pike fishing, bless you, never thinking of a trout, and when I saw that whopper on the end of my line, blest if it didn’t quite take me aback. Well, you see, he weighed twenty-six pound.
Source: wiktionary
I’ve just run down from Ulster County to look at the town, bein’ that the hayin’s over with. Gosh! but it’s a whopper. I thought Poughkeepsie was some punkins; but this here town is five times as big.
Source: wiktionary
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