whopper

English

Etymology

whop +‎ -er

Noun

whopper (plural whoppers)

(informal) Something remarkably large.
- Professor Marvel, talking to his horse, in The Wizard of Oz: "There's a storm blowing up, Sylvester -- a 'whopper', speaking in the vernacular of the peasantry."
(informal) An outrageous and/or blatant lie.

Translations

something remarkably large

Afrikaans: knewel
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Czech: please add this translation if you can
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: knoert (nl) m, joekel (nl) m, kanjer (nl) m
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Faroese: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: jätti (fi)
French: énorme (fr), colossal (fr), géant (fr)

German: Mordsding n, Oschi (de)
Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
Khmer: ធំសំបើម (tʰom sɑmbaəm)
Latvian: milzenis m, milzene f
Portuguese: colosso (pt) m, grandalhão m
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: грома́дина (ru) f (gromádina)
Slovak: kolos m
Spanish: chorro (es) m, montón (es) m, (Mexico) chingo (es) m
Turkish: please add this translation if you can

outrageous lie

Czech: nehorázná lež
Dutch: grote leugen m
Finnish: emävale
French: énormité (fr)
German: Lüge (de) f, Lügengeschichte (de) f, enorme Lüge f

Portuguese: mentirona f
Romanian: minciună gogonată f
Russian: гну́сная ложь f (gnúsnaja ložʹ)
Slovak: neslýchaná lož f
Spanish: mentira cruel, ponzoña (es) f

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