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Word: Whopping

Part of Speech: Adjective (used informally) / Adverb

Definition:
1. As an adjective, "whopping" means very large or huge.
2. As an adverb, it can mean extremely or very.

Usage Instructions:
- Use "whopping" when you want to emphasize the size or amount of something in a casual or informal context.
- It's often used to express surprise at how big something is.

Examples:
- Adjective: "They won the game by a whopping 20 points!" (This means they won by a very large margin.)
- Adverb: "After the party, we were all a whopping drunk!" (This means everyone was extremely drunk.)

Advanced Usage:
- You might find "whopping" in informal conversations or writing, such as in blogs, social media, or casual storytelling.

Word Variants:
- The word "whop" can be used as a verb, meaning to hit or strike.
- There's no direct noun form of "whopping," but you might encounter "whopper," which is a noun meaning something very large or a big lie.

Different Meaning:
- "Whopper" can refer to a large or outrageous lie. For example: "He told a whopper about how he met a celebrity."

Synonyms:
- Huge
- Enormous
- Gigantic
- Massive
- Colossal

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs:
- There are no specific idioms or phrasal verbs that use "whopping," but you can combine it with phrases like "a whopping success" to describe something that was very successful.

Summary:
"Whopping" is a fun and informal word that helps you express the idea of something being extremely large or significant.

Adjective
  1. (used informally) very large
    • a thumping loss
Adverb
  1. extremely
    • they all were whopping drunk

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